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1. PAUL, A bond servant of God and an apostle (a special messenger) of Jesus Christ (the Messiah) to stimulate and promote the faith of God's chosen ones and to lead them on to accurate discernment and recognition of and acquaintance with the Truth which belongs to and harmonizes with and tends to godliness,
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1. Paul G3972 , a servant G1401 of God G2316 , and G1161 an apostle G652 of Jesus G2424 Christ G5547 , according G2596 to the faith G4102 of God G2316 's elect G1588 , and G2532 the acknowledging G1922 of the truth G225 which G3588 is after G2596 godliness G2150 ;
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2. Resting in the hope of eternal life, life which the ever truthful God Who cannot deceive promised before the world or the ages of time began.
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2. In G1909 hope G1680 of eternal G166 life G2222 , which G3739 God G2316 , that cannot lie G893 , promised G1861 before G4253 the world began G166 G5550 ;
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3. And now in His own appointed time He has made manifest (made known) His Word and revealed it as His message through the preaching entrusted to me by command of God our Savior;
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3. But G1161 hath in due G2398 times G2540 manifested G5319 his G848 word G3056 through G1722 preaching G2782 , which G3739 is committed G4100 unto me G1473 according G2596 to the commandment G2003 of God G2316 our G2257 Savior G4990 ;
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4. To Titus, my true child according to a common (general) faith: Grace (favor and spiritual blessing) and heart peace from God the Father and the Lord Christ Jesus our Savior.
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4. To Titus G5103 , mine own G1103 son G5043 after G2596 the common G2839 faith G4102 : Grace G5485 , mercy G1656 , and peace G1515 , from G575 God G2316 the Father G3962 and G2532 the Lord G2962 Jesus G2424 Christ G5547 our G2257 Savior G4990 .
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5. For this reason I left you behind in Crete, that you might set right what was defective and finish what was left undone, and that you might appoint elders and set them over the churches (assemblies) in every city as I directed you.
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5. For this cause G5484 G5127 left G2641 I thee G4571 in G1722 Crete G2914 , that G2443 thou shouldest set in order G1930 the things that are wanting G3007 , and G2532 ordain G2525 elders G4245 in every city G2596 G4172 , as G5613 I G1473 had appointed G1299 thee G4671 :
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6. These elders should be men who are of unquestionable integrity and are irreproachable, the husband of but one wife, whose children are well trained and are believers, not open to the accusation of being loose in morals and conduct or unruly and disorderly.
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6. If any G1536 be G2076 blameless G410 , the husband G435 of one G3391 wife G1135 , having G2192 faithful G4103 children G5043 not G3361 accused G1722 G2724 of riot G810 or G2228 unruly G506 .
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7. For the bishop (an overseer) as God's steward must be blameless, not self-willed or arrogant or presumptuous; he must not be quick-tempered or given to drink or pugnacious (brawling, violent); he must not be grasping and greedy for filthy lucre (financial gain);
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7. For G1063 a bishop G1985 must G1163 be G1511 blameless G410 , as G5613 the steward G3623 of God G2316 ; not G3361 self G829 -willed, not G3361 soon angry G3711 , not G3361 given to wine G3943 , no G3361 striker G4131 , not G3361 given to filthy lucre G146 ;
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8. But he must be hospitable (loving and a friend to believers, especially to strangers and foreigners); he must be a lover of goodness of good people and good things, sober-minded (sensible, discreet), upright and fair-minded, a devout man and religiously correct, temperate and keeping himself in hand.
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8. But G235 a lover of hospitality G5382 , a lover of good men G5358 , sober G4998 , just G1342 , holy G3741 , temperate G1468 ;
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9. He must hold fast to the sure and trustworthy Word of God as he was taught it, so that he may be able both to give stimulating instruction and encouragement in sound (wholesome) doctrine and to refute and convict those who contradict and oppose it showing the wayward their error.
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9. Holding fast G472 the G3588 faithful G4103 word G3056 as he hath been taught G2596 G1322 , that G2443 he may be G5600 able G1415 by G1722 sound G5198 doctrine G1319 both G2532 to exhort G3870 and G2532 to convince G1651 the G3588 gainsayers G483 .
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10. For there are many disorderly and unruly men who are idle (vain, empty) and misleading talkers and self-deceivers and deceivers of others. This is true especially of those of the circumcision party who have come over from Judaism.
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10. For G1063 there are G1526 many G4183 unruly G2532 G506 and vain talkers G3151 and G2532 deceivers G5423 , especially G3122 they G3588 of G1537 the circumcision G4061 :
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11. Their mouths must be stopped, for they are mentally distressing and subverting whole families by teaching what they ought not to teach, for the purpose of getting base advantage and disreputable gain.
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11. Whose G3739 mouths must be stopped G1993 G1163 , who G3748 subvert G396 whole G3650 houses G3624 , teaching G1321 things which G3739 they ought G1163 not G3361 , for filthy lucre's sake G5484 G150 G2771 .
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12. One of their very number, a prophet of their own, said, Cretans are always liars, hurtful beasts, idle and lazy gluttons.
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12. One G5100 of G1537 themselves G846 , even a prophet G4396 of their G846 own G2398 , said G2036 , The Cretians G2912 are always G104 liars G5583 , evil G2556 beasts G2342 , slow G692 bellies G1064 .
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13. And this account of them is really true. Because it is true, rebuke them sharply deal sternly, even severely with them, so that they may be sound in the faith and free from error,
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13. This G3778 witness G3141 is G2076 true G227 . Wherefore G1223 G3739 G156 rebuke G1651 them G846 sharply G664 , that G2443 they may be sound G5198 in G1722 the G3588 faith G4102 ;
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14. And may show their soundness by ceasing to give attention to Jewish myths and fables or to rules laid down by mere men who reject and turn their backs on the Truth.
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14. Not G3361 giving heed G4337 to Jewish G2451 fables G3454 , and G2532 commandments G1785 of men G444 , that turn from G654 the G3588 truth G225 .
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15. To the pure in heart and conscience all things are pure, but to the defiled and corrupt and unbelieving nothing is pure; their very minds and consciences are defiled and polluted.
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15. Unto the G3588 pure G2513 all things G3956 are G3303 pure G2513 : but G1161 unto them G3588 that are defiled G3392 and G2532 unbelieving G571 is nothing G3762 pure G2513 ; but G235 even G2532 their G846 mind G3563 and G2532 conscience G4893 is defiled G3392 .
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16. They profess to know God to recognize, perceive, and be acquainted with Him, but deny and disown and renounce Him by what they do; they are detestable and loathsome, unbelieving and disobedient and disloyal and rebellious, and they are unfit and worthless for good work (deed or enterprise) of any kind.
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16. They profess G3670 that they know G1492 God G2316 ; but G1161 in works G2041 they deny G720 him, being G5607 abominable G947 , and G2532 disobedient G545 , and G2532 unto G4314 every G3956 good G18 work G2041 reprobate G96 .
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