Book 56 Titus
001:001 Paul, a bondservant of God and an Apostle of Jesus Christ
for building up the faith of God's own people and spreading
a full knowledge of the truths of religion,
001:002 in hope of the Life of the Ages which God, who is never false
to His word, promised before the commencement of the Ages.
001:003 And at the appointed time He clearly made known His Message
in the preaching with which I was entrusted by the command
of God our Saviour:
001:004 To Titus my own true child in our common faith.
May grace and peace be granted to you from God the Father
and Christ Jesus our Saviour.
001:005 I have left you behind in Crete in order that you may set
right the things which still require attention, and appoint
Elders in every town, as I directed you to do;
001:006 wherever there is a man of blameless life, true to his one wife,
having children who are themselves believers and are free
from every reproach of profligacy or of stubborn self-will.
001:007 For, as God's steward, a minister must be of blameless life,
not over-fond of having his own way, not a man of a passionate
temper nor a hard drinker, not given to blows nor greedy of gain,
001:008 but hospitable to strangers, a lover of goodness, sober-minded,
upright, saintly, self-controlled;
001:009 holding fast to the faithful Message which he has received,
so that he may be well qualified both to encourage others
with sound teaching and to reply successfully to opponents.
001:010 For there are many that spurn authority--idle, talkative and
deceitful persons, who, for the most part, are adherents
of the Circumcision.
001:011 You must stop the mouths of such men, for they overthrow