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Titus Chapter 1

New American Standard Bible 1995

Salutation

1Paul, 1a bond-servant of God and an 2apostle of Jesus Christ, 3for the faith of those 4chosen of God and 5the knowledge of the truth which is 6according to godliness, 2in 7the hope of eternal life, which God, 8who cannot lie, 9promised 1011long ages ago, 3but 12at the proper time manifested, even His word, in 13the proclamation 14with which I was entrusted 15according to the commandment of 16God our Savior,

4To 17Titus, 18my true child 19in a 20common faith: 21Grace and peace from God the Father and 22Christ Jesus our Savior.

Qualifications of Elders

5For this reason I left you in 23Crete, that you would set in order what remains and 24appoint 25elders in every city as I directed you, 6namely, 26if any man is above reproach, the 27husband of one wife, having children who believe, not accused of 28dissipation or 29rebellion. 7For the 3031overseer must be above reproach as 32God’s steward, not 33self-willed, not quick-tempered, not 34addicted to wine, not pugnacious, 35not fond of sordid gain, 8but 36hospitable, 37loving what is good, sensible, just, devout, self-controlled, 938holding fast the faithful word which is in accordance with the teaching, so that he will be able both to exhort in 39sound doctrine and to refute those who contradict.

1040For there are many 41rebellious men, 42empty talkers and deceivers, especially 43those of the circumcision, 11who must be silenced because they are upsetting 44whole families, teaching 45things they should not teach 46for the sake of sordid gain. 12One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, “47Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.” 13This testimony is true. For this reason 48reprove them 49severely so that they may be 50sound in the faith, 14not paying attention to Jewish 51myths and 52commandments of men who 53turn away from the truth. 1554To the pure, all things are pure; but 55to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their 56mind and their conscience are defiled. 1657They profess to know God, but by their deeds they 58deny Him, being 59detestable and 60disobedient and 61worthless 62for any good deed.

Notes

  1. 1. Titus 1:1 Rom 1:1; James 1:1; Rev 1:1 ↩
  2. 2. Titus 1:1 2 Cor 1:1 ↩
  3. 3. Titus 1:1 Or according to ↩
  4. 4. Titus 1:1 Luke 18:7 ↩
  5. 5. Titus 1:1 1 Tim 2:4 ↩
  6. 6. Titus 1:1 1 Tim 6:3 ↩
  7. 7. Titus 1:2 2 Tim 1:1; Titus 3:7 ↩
  8. 8. Titus 1:2 2 Tim 2:13; Heb 6:18 ↩
  9. 9. Titus 1:2 Rom 1:2 ↩
  10. 10. Titus 1:2 Lit before times eternal ↩
  11. 11. Titus 1:2 2 Tim 1:9 ↩
  12. 12. Titus 1:3 1 Tim 2:6 ↩
  13. 13. Titus 1:3 Rom 16:25; 2 Tim 4:17 ↩
  14. 14. Titus 1:3 1 Tim 1:11 ↩
  15. 15. Titus 1:3 1 Tim 1:1 ↩
  16. 16. Titus 1:3 Luke 1:47; 1 Tim 1:1; Titus 2:10; 3:4 ↩
  17. 17. Titus 1:4 2 Cor 2:13; 8:23; Gal 2:3; 2 Tim 4:10 ↩
  18. 18. Titus 1:4 2 Tim 1:2 ↩
  19. 19. Titus 1:4 Lit according to ↩
  20. 20. Titus 1:4 2 Pet 1:1 ↩
  21. 21. Titus 1:4 Rom 1:7 ↩
  22. 22. Titus 1:4 1 Tim 1:12; 2 Tim 1:1 ↩
  23. 23. Titus 1:5 Acts 27:7; Titus 1:12 ↩
  24. 24. Titus 1:5 Acts 14:23 ↩
  25. 25. Titus 1:5 Acts 11:30 ↩
  26. 26. Titus 1:6 1 Tim 3:2-4; Titus 1:6-8 ↩
  27. 27. Titus 1:6 1 Tim 3:2 ↩
  28. 28. Titus 1:6 Eph 5:18 ↩
  29. 29. Titus 1:6 Titus 1:10 ↩
  30. 30. Titus 1:7 Or bishop ↩
  31. 31. Titus 1:7 1 Tim 3:2 ↩
  32. 32. Titus 1:7 1 Cor 4:1 ↩
  33. 33. Titus 1:7 2 Pet 2:10 ↩
  34. 34. Titus 1:7 1 Tim 3:3 ↩
  35. 35. Titus 1:7 1 Tim 3:3, 8 ↩
  36. 36. Titus 1:8 1 Tim 3:2 ↩
  37. 37. Titus 1:8 2 Tim 3:3 ↩
  38. 38. Titus 1:9 2 Thess 2:15; 1 Tim 1:19; 2 Tim 1:13 ↩
  39. 39. Titus 1:9 1 Tim 1:10; Titus 2:1 ↩
  40. 40. Titus 1:10 2 Cor 11:13 ↩
  41. 41. Titus 1:10 Titus 1:6 ↩
  42. 42. Titus 1:10 1 Tim 1:6 ↩
  43. 43. Titus 1:10 Acts 11:2 ↩
  44. 44. Titus 1:11 1 Tim 5:4; 2 Tim 3:6 ↩
  45. 45. Titus 1:11 1 Tim 5:13 ↩
  46. 46. Titus 1:11 1 Tim 6:5 ↩
  47. 47. Titus 1:12 Acts 2:11; 27:7 ↩
  48. 48. Titus 1:13 1 Tim 5:20; 2 Tim 4:2; Titus 2:15 ↩
  49. 49. Titus 1:13 2 Cor 13:10 ↩
  50. 50. Titus 1:13 Titus 2:2 ↩
  51. 51. Titus 1:14 1 Tim 1:4 ↩
  52. 52. Titus 1:14 Col 2:22 ↩
  53. 53. Titus 1:14 2 Tim 4:4 ↩
  54. 54. Titus 1:15 Luke 11:41; Rom 14:20 ↩
  55. 55. Titus 1:15 Rom 14:14, 23 ↩
  56. 56. Titus 1:15 1 Tim 6:5 ↩
  57. 57. Titus 1:16 1 John 2:4 ↩
  58. 58. Titus 1:16 1 Tim 5:8 ↩
  59. 59. Titus 1:16 Rev 21:8 ↩
  60. 60. Titus 1:16 Titus 3:3 ↩
  61. 61. Titus 1:16 2 Tim 3:8 ↩
  62. 62. Titus 1:16 2 Tim 3:17; Titus 3:1 ↩

Commentaries on Titus 1

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