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Translated by David W. Dyer

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The Letter of Paul to Titus

TITUS CHAPTER 1

1:1Paul, a servant of God and a sent one of Jesus the Anointed One, for the benefit of the faith of God’s elect and to spread the knowledge of the truth which leads to reverent respect for God.

1:2I do this because of the hope of the eternal life of God, which God, who is completely trustworthy, committed himself to grant us before the ages of time. 1:3But now in his chosen time, he has made known this word of his by the proclamation of the message with which I was entrusted, according to the commandment of God our Savior.

1:4To Titus, my true child in our mutual faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and the Anointed One, Jesus our Savior. 1:5I left you in Crete to do this favor for me: that you would additionally correct the things that were lacking and point out the older, more spiritually mature brothers in every city, as I instructed you.

1:6Such men are ones who are blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, men who are not accused of behaving like the unsaved or of being disobedient to God. 1:7For the watchman must be blameless as God’s steward; not self-willed, not quick to get angry, not quarrelsome, not someone who strikes others [including his wife], not greedy for money; 1:8but given to hospitality, a promoter of virtue, discrete, just, holy, self-controlled; 1:9holding faithfully to the word which is according to the correct teaching so that he may be able to encourage others by teaching and to reprove those who contradict the truth.

1:10For there are many men who are not subject to God – deceivers who are full of useless words – especially the Judaizers, 1:11whom it is essential to silence. These men disrupt whole households by teaching the law, which is not binding upon believers, for the shameful purpose of gaining money.

1:12One of them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, depraved animals, lazy gluttons.” 1:13This testimony is true. Therefore, cut off this tendency immediately by rebuking them so that they may be sound in the faith and 1:14not adhering to Jewish sayings, specifically the commandments of men who have turned away from the truth.

1:15To the pure all things are pure but to those who are defiled and without faith nothing is pure, but both their minds and their consciences are contaminated. 1:16They profess that they know God but they deny him by their actions and are detestable, disobedient, and useless for any genuinely good work.

TITUS CHAPTER 2

2:1But you should speak the things which are obviously healthy teaching: 2:2i.e. that older men should not be heavy drinkers but should be serious, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in patience.

2:3That older women in the same way should be reverent in character, not slanderers nor enslaved to drinking a lot of wine, teachers of that which is good. 2:4This is so that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, 2:5to be self-controlled, pure from carnality, good homemakers and kind, being yielded to their own husbands so that people will not speak evil about the word of God.

2:6Also exhort the younger men to be self-controlled. 2:7In everything show yourself to be a model of good works; in your teaching demonstrate integrity, solemnity, and having something genuine to say: 2:8healthy words which cannot be condemned so that anyone who is opposed to this message may be ashamed, having nothing bad to say about us.

2:9Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters and to be pleasing to them in everything: not talking back, 2:10not stealing, but showing true faithfulness so that the teaching of our Savior will be honored in every way.

2:11For through the favor of God, salvation has been revealed, 2:12instructing us that having denied ungodly behavior and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and reverently in this present age 2:13while we are waiting for the blessed hope: i.e. the manifestation of the glory of the great God, even our Savior, Jesus the Anointed One.

2:14It is he who gave himself for us so that he might liberate us from all sin and purify for himself a special people who are full of zeal for good works.

2:15Speak these things, exhorting and admonishing others with God’s authority. Don’t let anyone treat you with contempt.

TITUS CHAPTER 3

3:1Remind the brethren to be submissive and obedient to civil rulers and secular authorities; to be ready for every good work; 3:2to speak evil of no one; not to be argumentative; to be gentle, demonstrating meekness toward all men.

3:3For we also once were foolish, disobedient, and deceived, being slaves to various carnal cravings and pleasures, living in depravity and jealousy, being hated and hating others.

3:4But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love toward man was revealed – 3:5not because of righteous works which we did ourselves but according to his mercy – he saves us, through the washing of being regenerated {having God’s life born inside of us} and the ongoing renewing of the Holy Spirit 3:6which he pours out upon us richly through Jesus the Anointed One, our Savior.

3:7This is so that, being made just by his grace, we might be made heirs of God, which is the expectation of those who have the eternal life of God.

3:8This is a trustworthy saying and I want you to confidently affirm this: that those who are believing into God would remember to practice good works. These things are good and beneficial for everyone. 3:9But turn away from foolish arguments, genealogies, quarrels, and debates about the law. Such things don’t benefit anyone and are useless. 3:10Avoid an argumentative man after reproving him once or twice, 3:11knowing that such a person is twisted inside and is sinning, being condemned by his own actions.

3:12When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, come to me promptly in Nicopolis because I have decided to spend the winter there. 3:13Send Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey with diligence, making sure that they don’t lack anything.

3:14And let those among us also learn to practice honest occupations to meet everyday needs so that they are not unfruitful. 3:15All those who are with me send you greetings. Greet those who are our loved ones in the faith.

Grace be with you all.

Words in this translation found in italics are words which are implied by the Greek text but do not represent actual words in the Greek text. This practice is common in almost all modern translations. Occasionally, this translator has added words to the translation which represent his own ideas and opinions which, although they are based on his own biblical understanding, are not part of the actual Greek text. Such words are enclosed in brackets, like this [ ]. The reader should understand these words as being the opinion of the translator. In contrast to this, the words in these braces { } indicate legitimate, alternative translations or explanations. Words within parentheses () are part of the original Greek text. Such parentheses are often used in other New Testament translations also.

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