Titus 1

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 Paul, a slave of God and apostle of Jesus Christ for the sake of the faith of God's chosen ones and the recognition of religious truth,	1 Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;
2 in the hope of eternal life that God, who does not lie, promised before time began,	2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
3 who indeed at the proper time revealed his word in the proclamation with which I was entrusted by the command of God our savior,	3 But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;
4 to Titus, my true child in our common faith: grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our savior.	4 To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.
5 For this reason I left you in Crete so that you might set right what remains to be done and appoint presbyters in every town, as I directed you,	5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:
6 on condition that a man be blameless, married only once, with believing children who are not accused of licentiousness or rebellious.	6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
7 For a bishop as God's steward must be blameless, not arrogant, not irritable, not a drunkard, not aggressive, not greedy for sordid gain,	7 For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
8 but hospitable, a lover of goodness, temperate, just, holy, and self-controlled,	8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
9 holding fast to the true message as taught so that he will be able both to exhort with sound doctrine and to refute opponents.	9 Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.
10 For there are also many rebels, idle talkers and deceivers, especially the Jewish Christians.	10 For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:
11 It is imperative to silence them, as they are upsetting whole families by teaching for sordid gain what they should not.	11 Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.
12 One of them, a prophet of their own, once said, "Cretans have always been liars, vicious beasts, and lazy gluttons."	12 One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.
13 That testimony is true. Therefore, admonish them sharply, so that they may be sound in the faith,	13 This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;
14 instead of paying attention to Jewish myths and regulations of people who have repudiated the truth.	14 Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.
15 To the clean all things are clean, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is clean; in fact, both their minds and their consciences are tainted.	15 Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
16 They claim to know God, but by their deeds they deny him. They are vile and disobedient and unqualified for any good deed.	16 They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.