1 PAUL, a ^aservant of God, and an ^bapostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s ^celect , and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;
 2 In ^ahope of ^beternal life, which God, that cannot ^clie , ^dpromised before the world began;
 3 But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;
 4 To Titus, ^a mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.
 5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in ^aorder the things that are wanting, and ^bordain ^celders in every city, as I had ^dappointed thee:
 6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of ^ariot or unruly.
 7 For a ^abishop must be blameless, as the ^bsteward of God; not ^cselfwilled , not soon ^dangry , not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
 8 But a lover of ^ahospitality , a lover of ^bgood men, sober, just, holy, ^ctemperate ;
 9 Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to ^aconvince the ^bgainsayers .
 10 For there are many unruly and ^avain talkers and ^bdeceivers , specially they of the ^ccircumcision :
 11 Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy ^alucre ’s sake.
 12 One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, ^aslow bellies.
 13 This witness is true. Wherefore ^arebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;
 14 Not giving heed to Jewish ^afables , and ^bcommandments of men, ^cthat turn from the truth.
 15 ^aUnto the pure all things are ^bpure : but unto them that are ^cdefiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their ^dmind and ^econscience is ^fdefiled .
 16 They ^aprofess that they ^bknow God; but in ^cworks they ^ddeny him, being abominable, and ^edisobedient , and unto every good work ^freprobate .

 1 BUT ^aspeak thou the things which become sound ^bdoctrine :
 2 That the ^aaged men be ^bsober , grave, ^ctemperate , sound in faith, in charity, in patience.
 3 The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not ^afalse ^baccusers , not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
 4 That they may teach the young ^awomen to be sober, to ^blove their husbands, to love their children,
 5 To be discreet, ^achaste , ^bkeepers at ^chome , good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
 6 Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.
 7 In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, ^agravity , ^bsincerity ,
 8 ^aSound speech, that cannot be ^bcondemned ; that he that is ^cof the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.
 9 Exhort ^aservants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not ^banswering again;
 10 Not ^apurloining , but shewing all good fidelity; that they may ^badorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.
 11 For the ^agrace of God ^bthat bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
 12 Teaching us that, denying ^aungodliness and ^bworldly ^clusts , we should live ^dsoberly , ^erighteously , and godly, in this present world;
 13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the ^aglorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
 14 Who gave ^ahimself for us, that he might ^bredeem us from all iniquity, and ^cpurify unto himself a ^dpeculiar people, ^ezealous of good works.
 15 These things speak, and exhort, and ^arebuke with all ^bauthority . Let no man ^cdespise thee.

 1 PUT them in mind to be ^asubject to ^bprincipalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,
 2 To ^aspeak evil of no man, to be ^bno brawlers, but gentle, shewing all ^cmeekness unto all men.
 3 For we ourselves also were ^asometimes foolish, ^bdisobedient , deceived, serving divers ^clusts and pleasures, living in ^dmalice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
 4 But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,
 5 Not by works of ^arighteousness which we have done, but according to his ^bmercy he saved us, by the ^cwashing of regeneration, and ^drenewing of the Holy Ghost;
 6 Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
 7 That being ^ajustified by his grace, we should be made ^bheirs according to the hope of eternal life.
 8 This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good ^aworks . These things are good and profitable unto men.
 9 But avoid ^afoolish questions, and genealogies, and ^bcontentions , and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
 10 A man that is an ^aheretick after the first and second ^badmonition reject;
 11 Knowing that he that is such is ^asubverted , and sinneth, being condemned of himself.
 12 When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis: for I have determined there to winter.
 13 Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, that nothing be wanting unto them.
 14 And let ^aours also learn to maintain ^bgood works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.
 15 All that are with me salute thee. Greet them that love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen.