01Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's chosen ones, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,
03but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior;
04to Titus, my true child according to a common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.
05I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking, and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you;
06if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.
07For the overseer must be blameless, as God's steward; not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;
09holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict those who contradict him.
10For there are also many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,
11whose mouths must be stopped; men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain's sake.
12One of them, a prophet of their own, said, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, and idle gluttons."
15To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.
16They profess that they know God, but by their works they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.
