May 6, 2019
Titus 1:1-16
Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake
of the faith of God's elect and their knowledge of the
truth, which accords with godliness, 2 in hope of
eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the
ages began 3 and at the proper time manifested in
His Word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted
by the command of God our Savior; 4 To Titus, my
true child in a common faith: grace and peace from God the
Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
5 This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put
what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as
I directed you— 6 if anyone is above reproach, the
husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not
open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination.
7 For an overseer, as God's steward, must be above
reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a
drunkard or violent or greedy for gain, 8 but
hospitable, a lover of good, selfcontrolled, upright, holy,
and disciplined. 9 He must hold firm to the trustworthy
word as taught, so that he may be
able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those
who contradict it.
10 For there are many who are insubordinate, empty
talkers and deceivers, especially those of the
circumcision party. 11 They must be silenced, since
they are upsetting whole families by teaching for shameful gain
what they ought not to teach. 12 One of the
Cretans, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars,
evil beasts, lazy gluttons.” 13 This testimony is
true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the
faith, 14 not devoting themselves to Jewish myths
and the commands of people who turn away from the truth.
15 To the pure, all things are pure, but to the
defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their minds and
their consciences are defiled. 16 They profess to
know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable,
disobedient, unfit for
any good work.