THE HOLY BIBLE

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THE BOOK OF TITUS

Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3

 

 The Book of Titus, Chapter 1
1   Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ,
    according to the faith of the elect of God and the
    acknowledging of the truth, which is according to
    godliness:
2   Unto the hope of life everlasting, which God, who lieth
    not, hath promised before the times of the world:
3   But hath in due times manifested his word in preaching,
    which is committed to me according to the commandment of
    God our Savior:
4   To Titus my beloved son, according to the common faith,
    grace and peace from God the Father, and from Christ Jesus
    our Savior.
5   For this cause I left thee in Crete, that thou shouldest
    set in order the things that are wanting, and shouldest
    ordain priests in every city, as I also appointed thee:
6   If any be without crime, the husband of one wife, having
    faithful children, not accused of riot, or unruly.
7   For a bishop must be without crime, as the steward of God:
    not proud, not subject to anger, not given to wine, no
    striker, not greedy of filthy lucre:
8   But given to hospitality, gentle, sober, just, holy,
    continent:
9   Embracing that faithful word which is according to
    doctrine, that he may be able to exhort in sound doctrine,
    and to convince the gainsayers.
10  For there are also many disobedient, vain talkers, and
    seducers: especially they who are of the circumcision:
11  Who must be reproved, who subvert whole houses, teaching
    things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.
12  One of them a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are
    always liars, evil beasts, slothful bellies.
13  This testimony is true.  Wherefore rebuke them sharply,
    that they may be sound in the faith;
14  Not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men,
    who turn themselves away from the truth.
15  All things are clean to the clean: but to them that are
    defiled, and to unbelievers, nothing is clean: but both
    their mind and their conscience are defiled.
16  They profess that they know God: but in their works they
    deny him; being abominable, and incredulous, and to every
    good work reprobate.
                The Book of Titus, Chapter 2
1   But speak thou the things that become sound doctrine:
2   That the aged men be sober, chaste, prudent, sound in
    faith, in love in patience.
3   The aged women, in like manner, in holy attire, not false
    accusers, not given to much wine, teaching well:
4   That they may teach the young women to be wise, to love
    their husbands, to love their children,
5   To be discreet, chaste, sober, having a care of the house,
    gentle, obedient to their husbands, that the word of God
    be not blasphemed.
6   Young men, in like manner, exhort that they be sober.
7   In all things shew thyself an example of good works, in
    doctrine, in integrity, in gravity,
8   The sound word that can not be blamed: that he, who is on
    the contrary part, may be afraid, having no evil to say of
    us.
9   Exhort servants to be obedient to their masters, in all
    things pleasing, not gainsaying:
10  Not defrauding, but in all things shewing good fidelity,
    that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all
    things:
11  For the grace of God our Savior hath appeared to all men;
12  Instructing us, that, denying ungodliness and worldly
    desires, we should live soberly, and justly, and godly in
    this world,
13  Looking for the blessed hope and coming of the glory of
    the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ,
14  Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all
    iniquity, and might cleanse to himself a people
    acceptable, a pursuer of good works.
15  These things speak, and exhort and rebuke with all
    authority.  Let no man despise thee.
                The Book of Titus, Chapter 3
1   Admonish them to be subject to princes and powers, to obey
    at a word, to be ready to every good work.
2   To speak evil of no man, not to be litigious, but gentle:
    shewing all mildness towards all men.
3   For we ourselves also were some time unwise, incredulous,
    erring, slaves to divers desires and pleasures, living in
    malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
4   But when the goodness and kindness of God our Savior
    appeared:
5   Not by the works of justice, which we have done, but
    according to his mercy, he saved us, by the laver of
    regeneration, and renovation of the Holy Ghost;
6   Whom he hath poured forth upon us abundantly, through
    Jesus Christ our Saviour:
7   That, being justified by his grace, we may be heirs,
    according to hope of life everlasting.
8   It is a faithful saying: and these things I will have thee
    affirm constantly: that they, who believe in God, may be
    careful to excel in good works.  These things are good and
    profitable unto men.
9   But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and
    contentions, and strivings about the law.  For they are
    unprofitable and vain.
10  A man that is a heretic, after the first and second
    admonition, avoid:
11  Knowing that he, that is such an one, is subverted, and
    sinneth, being condemned by his own judgment.
12  When I shall send to thee Artemas or Tychicus, make haste
    to come unto me to Nicopolis.  For there I have determined
    to winter.
13  Send forward Zenas, the lawyer, and Apollo, with care,
    that nothing be wanting to them.
14  And let our men also learn to excel in good works for
    necessary uses: that they be not unfruitful.
15  All that are with me salute thee: salute them that love us
    in the faith. The grace of God be with you all.  Amen.

 

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