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| | Tts 1:1 | Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to further the faith of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth which accords with godliness,
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| | Tts 1:2 | in hope of eternal life which God, who never lies, promised ages ago
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| | Tts 1:3 | and at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by command of God our Savior;
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| | Tts 1:4 | To Titus, my true child in a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
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| | Tts 1:5 | This is why I left you in Crete, that you might amend what was defective, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you,
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| | Tts 1:6 | if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of being profligate or insubordinate.
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| | Tts 1:7 | For a bishop, as God's steward, must be blameless; he must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain,
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| | Tts 1:8 | but hospitable, a lover of goodness, master of himself, upright, holy, and self-controlled;
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| | Tts 1:9 | he must hold firm to the sure word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to confute those who contradict it.
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| | Tts 1:10 | For there are many insubordinate men, empty talkers and deceivers, especially the circumcision party;
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| | Tts 1:11 | they must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for base gain what they have no right to teach.
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| | Tts 1:12 | One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons."
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| | Tts 1:13 | This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,
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| | Tts 1:14 | instead of giving heed to Jewish myths or to commands of men who reject the truth.
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| | Tts 1:15 | To the pure all things are pure, but to the corrupt and unbelieving nothing is pure; their very minds and consciences are corrupted.
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| | Tts 1:16 | They profess to know God, but they deny him by their deeds; they are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good deed.
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