The Epistle of Paul to Titus

 1 Paul, a ^aservant of God, and an ^bapostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s ^celect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;

 2 In ^ahope of ^beternal life, which God, that cannot ^clie, ^dpromised before the world began;

 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, ^amine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.

 5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in ^aorder the things that are wanting, and ^bordain ^celders in every city, as I had ^dappointed thee:

 6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of ^ariot or unruly.

 7 For a ^abishop must be blameless, as the ^bsteward of God; not ^cselfwilled, not soon ^dangry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;

 8 But a lover of ^ahospitality, a lover of ^bgood men, sober, just, holy, ^ctemperate;

 9 Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to ^aconvince the ^bgainsayers.

 10 For there are many unruly and ^avain talkers and ^bdeceivers, specially they of the ^ccircumcision:

 11 Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy ^alucre’s sake.

 12 One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, ^aslow bellies.

 13 This witness is true. Wherefore ^arebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;

 14 Not giving heed to Jewish ^afables, and ^bcommandments of men, ^cthat turn from the truth.

 15 ^aUnto the pure all things are ^bpure: but unto them that are ^cdefiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their ^dmind and ^econscience is ^fdefiled.

 16 They ^aprofess that they ^bknow God; but in ^cworks they ^ddeny him, being abominable, and ^edisobedient, and unto every good work ^freprobate.