{"book":"Titus","slug":"titus","ch":1,"genre":"letter","sub":"Titus","prev":"2-timothy/4","next":"titus/2","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for [the] faith of God’s elect and [their] knowledge of [the] truth that leads to godliness,","f":[],"h":"Paul’s Greeting to Titus","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"in [the] hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.","f":["Literally before times eternal"]},{"v":3,"t":"[In His] own time He has made His word {evident} in [the] proclamation entrusted to me by [the] command of God our Savior.","f":[]},{"v":4,"t":"To Titus, [my] true child in [our] common faith: Grace and peace from God [the] Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"To Titus, [my] true child in [our] common faith:"},{"style":"reg","t":"Grace and peace from God [the] Father and Christ Jesus our Savior."}],"style":"reg"},{"v":5,"t":"The reason I left you in Crete [was] that you would set in order what was unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.","f":[],"h":"Appointing Elders on Crete","style":"reg"},{"v":6,"t":"[An elder must] be blameless, [the] husband of but one wife, having children who are believers [and who are] not open to accusation of indiscretion or insubordination.","f":["Or faithful to his wife"]},{"v":7,"t":"As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach — not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":8,"t":"Instead, [he must be] hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, [and] disciplined.","f":[]},{"v":9,"t":"He must hold firmly to the faithful word as it was taught, so that he can encourage [others] by sound teaching and refute those who contradict [it].","f":[]},{"v":10,"t":"For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision,","f":[],"h":"Correcting False Teachers","style":"reg"},{"v":11,"t":"who must be silenced. For [the] sake of dishonorable gain, [they] undermine entire households [and] teach things they should not.","f":[]},{"v":12,"t":"[As] one of their own prophets has said,“ Cretans [are] always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”","f":["This quote, also known as the Epimenides paradox, has been attributed to the Cretan philosopher Epimenides of Knossos."]},{"v":13,"t":"This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sternly, so that they will be sound in the faith","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":14,"t":"[and] will pay no attention to Jewish myths [or] [to the] commands of men who have rejected the truth.","f":[]},{"v":15,"t":"To the pure, all things [are] pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing [is] pure. Indeed, both their minds and [their] consciences are defiled.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":16,"t":"They profess to know God, but by [their] actions they deny [Him]. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.","f":[]}]}