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The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Titus
The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Titus, Chapter 1
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Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according
to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which
is after godliness;
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In hope of eternal life, which God, that
cannot lie, promised before the world began;
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But hath in due times
manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me
according to the commandment of God our Saviour;
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To Titus, mine
own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the
Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.
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For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in
order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as
I had appointed thee:
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If any be blameless, the husband of one
wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
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For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not
selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given
to filthy lucre;
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But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men,
sober, just, holy, temperate;
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Holding fast the faithful word as he
hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort
and to convince the gainsayers.
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For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers,
specially they of the circumcision:
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Whose mouths must be stopped,
who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for
filthy lucre's sake.
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One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The
Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.
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This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they
may be sound in the faith;
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Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and
commandments of men, that turn from the truth.
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Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled
and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is
defiled.
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They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him,
being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
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