Titus 1

DOUAI-RHEIMS	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of the elect of God and the acknowledging of the truth, which is according to godliness:	1 From Paul, servant of God, an apostle of Jesus Christ to bring those whom God has chosen to faith andto the knowledge of the truth that leads to true religion,
2 Unto the hope of life everlasting, which God, who lieth not, hath promised before the times of the world:	2 and to give them the hope of the eternal life that was promised so long ago by God. He does not lie
3 But hath in due times manifested his word in preaching, which is committed to me according to the commandment of God our Savior:	3 and so, in due time, he made known his message by a proclamation which was entrusted to me by thecommand of God our Saviour.
4 To Titus my beloved son, according to the common faith, grace and peace from God the Father, and from Christ Jesus our Savior.	4 To Titus, true child of mine in the faith that we share. Grace and peace from God the Father and fromChrist Jesus our Saviour.
5 For this cause I left thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and shouldest ordain priests in every city, as I also appointed thee:	5 The reason I left you behind in Crete was for you to organise everything that stil had to be done andappoint elders in every town, in the way that I told you,
6 If any be without crime, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of riot, or unruly.	6 that is, each of them must be a man of irreproachable character, husband of one wife, and his childrenmust be believers and not liable to be charged with disorderly conduct or insubordination.
7 For a bishop must be without crime, as the steward of God: not proud, not subject to anger, not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre:	7 The presiding elder has to be irreproachable since he is God's representative: never arrogant or hot-tempered, nor a heavy drinker or violent, nor avaricious;
8 But given to hospitality, gentle, sober, just, holy, continent:	8 but hospitable and a lover of goodness; sensible, upright, devout and self-control ed;
9 Embracing that faithful word which is according to doctrine, that he may be able to exhort in sound doctrine, and to convince the gainsayers.	9 and he must have a firm grasp of the unchanging message of the tradition, so that he can be counted onboth for giving encouragement in sound doctrine and for refuting those who argue against it.
10 For there are also many disobedient, vain talkers, and seducers: especially they who are of the circumcision:	10 And in fact there are many people who are insubordinate, who talk nonsense and try to make othersbelieve it, particularly among those of the circumcision.
11 Who must be reproved, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.	11 They must be silenced: people of this kind upset whole families, by teaching things that they ought notto, and doing it for the sake of sordid gain.
12 One of them a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, slothful bellies.	12 It was one of themselves, one of their own prophets, who said, 'Cretans were never anything but liars,dangerous animals, al greed and laziness';
13 This testimony is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;	13 and that is a true statement. So be severe in correcting them, and make them sound in the faith
14 Not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men, who turn themselves away from the truth.	14 so that they stop taking notice of Jewish myths and the orders of people who turn away from the truth.
15 All things are clean to the clean: but to them that are defiled, and to unbelievers, nothing is clean: but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.	15 To those who are pure themselves, everything is pure; but to those who have been corrupted and lackfaith, nothing can be pure -- the corruption is both in their minds and in their consciences.
16 They profess that they know God: but in their works they deny him; being abominable, and incredulous, and to every good work reprobate.	16 They claim to know God but by their works they deny him; they are outrageously rebellious and quiteuntrustworthy for any good work.