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The Epistle of St. Paul to Titus

Chapter 1 sayers.
10 For there are also many disobedient, vain
Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Je- talkers, and seducers: especially they who are of
sus Christ, according to the faith of the elect of the circumcision:
God and the acknowledging of the truth, which 11 Who must be reproved, who subvert whole
is according to godliness: houses, teaching things which they ought not,
2 Unto the hope of life everlasting, which God, for filthy lucre’s sake.
who lieth not, hath promised before the times of 12 One of them a prophet of their own, said,
the world: The Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, sloth-
3 But hath in due times manifested his word in ful bellies.
preaching, which is committed to me according 13 This testimony is true. Wherefore rebuke
to the commandment of God our Savior: them sharply, that they may be sound in the
4 To Titus my beloved son, according to the faith;
common faith, grace and peace from God the 14 Not giving heed to Jewish fables and com-
Father, and from Christ Jesus our Savior. mandments of men, who turn themselves away
5 For this cause I left thee in Crete, that thou from the truth.
shouldest set in order the things that are want- 15 All things are clean to the clean: but to
ing, and shouldest ordain priests in every city, as them that are defiled, and to unbelievers, noth-
I also appointed thee: ing is clean: but both their mind and their con-
science are defiled.
6 If any be without crime, the husband of one
16 They profess that they know God: but in
wife, having faithful children, not accused of riot,
or unruly. their works they deny him; being abominable,
and incredulous, and to every good work repro-
7 For a bishop must be without crime, as the
bate.
steward of God: not proud, not subject to anger,
not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy
lucre: Chapter 2
8 But given to hospitality, gentle, sober, just,
holy, continent: But speak thou the things that become sound
9 Embracing that faithful word which is ac- doctrine:
cording to doctrine, that he may be able to ex- 2 That the aged men be sober, chaste, pru-
hort in sound doctrine, and to convince the gain- dent, sound in faith, in love, in patience.