Tito 1

Greeting

1 Paul, a servant*1:1 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface of God and *See 2 Cor. 1:1an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God’s elect and *See 1 Tim. 2:4their knowledge of the truth, *1 Tim. 6:3which accords with godliness, 2 *2 Tim. 1:1;Heb. 9:15;[ch. 2:13;3:7] in hope of eternal life, which God, *Num. 23:19;2 Tim. 2:13;Heb. 6:18who never lies, *Rom. 1:2promised *See 2 Tim. 1:9before the ages began*1:2 Greek before times eternal3 and *See 1 Tim. 2:6at the proper time manifested in his word*1:3 Or manifested his word*[Rom. 10:14] through the preaching *See 1 Tim. 1:11with which I have been entrusted *1 Tim. 1:1by the command of God our Savior;

4 To Titus, *See 3 John 4my true child in *Jude 3;See 2 Pet. 1:1a common faith:

*See 1 Tim. 1:2Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

Qualifications for Elders

5 *[1 Tim. 1:3] This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and *[Acts 14:23;2 Tim. 2:2]appoint elders in every town as I directed you— 6 *For ver. 6-8, see 1 Tim. 3:2-4if anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife,*1:6 Or a man of one woman and his children are believers*1:6 Or are faithful and not open to the charge of *See Eph. 5:18debauchery or insubordination. 7 For an overseer,*1:7 Or bishop; Greek episkopos*Luke 12:42;1 Cor. 4:1;1 Pet. 4:10as God’s steward, must be above reproach. He must not *2 Pet. 2:10be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent *1 Tim. 3:8;1 Pet. 5:2or greedy for gain, 8 but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, *[1 Cor. 9:25]and disciplined. 9 He must *[2 Thess. 2:13,15]; See 1 Tim. 1:15; 2 Tim. 1:13hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in *See 1 Tim. 1:10sound*1:9 Or healthy; also verse 13 doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.

10 For there are many who are insubordinate, *1 Tim. 1:6empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of *See Acts 11:2the circumcision party.*1:10 Or especially those of the circumcision11 They must be silenced, since *[2 Tim. 3:6] they are upsetting whole families by teaching *1 Tim. 6:5;2 Pet. 2:3for shameful gain what they ought not to teach. 12 *[Acts 17:28]One of the Cretans,*1:12 Greek One of them a prophet of their own, said, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons."*1:12 Probably from Epimenides of Crete13 This testimony is true. Therefore *ch. 2:15;1 Tim. 5:20rebuke them *2 Cor. 13:10sharply, that they *ch. 2:1,2may be sound in the faith, 14 *See 1 Tim. 1:4not devoting themselves to Jewish myths and *See Col. 2:22the commands of people *See 1 Tim. 6:20who turn away from the truth. 15 *[Luke 11:41;1 Tim. 4:3]; See Acts 10:15To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and *[Rom. 14:23] unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both *See 1 Tim. 6:5their minds and their consciences are defiled. 16 *[1 John 2:4] They profess to know God, but they *See 1 Tim. 5:8deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, *2 Tim. 3:8unfit for any good work.