Titus 1:1-5

1Paul, bondman of 1God, and apostle of Jesus Christ according to [the] faith of 2God's elect, and knowledge of [the] truth which [is] according to piety;

2in [the] hope of eternal life, which 3God, who cannot lie, promised before the ages of time,

3but has manifested in its own due season his word, in [the] proclamation with which I have been entrusted, according to [the] commandment of our Saviour 4God;

4to Titus, my own child according to [the] faith common [to us]: Grace and peace from 5God [the] Father, and Christ Jesus our Saviour.

5For this cause I left thee in Crete, that thou mightest go on to set right what remained [unordered], and establish elders in each city, as I had ordered thee: