and gives the expectation of eternal life, which the God of veracity promised so many ages ago;

To Titus, my true Child in our one Faith: May God, the Father, and Christ Jesus, our Savior, bless you and give you peace.

Men having a good record, husbands of one wife, whose children are of the faith, children of whom it may not be said that they are given to loose living or are uncontrolled.

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;

but given to hospitality, as lover of good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled;

He must hold firmly to the trustworthy word [of God] as it was taught to him, so that he will be able both to give accurate instruction in sound [reliable, error-free] doctrine and to refute those who contradict [it by explaining their error].

not paying attention to Jewish myths and the commandments and rules of men who turn their backs on the truth.

The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;

they must give good counsel, so that the young women may be trained to love their husbands and children,

To the young men give orders to be wise and serious-minded:

let the instruction that you give be sound and above reproach, so that the enemy may be ashamed when he fails to find anything bad to say about us.

Urge bond-servants to be subject to their own masters in everything, to be pleasing and not talk back,

It instructs us to give up ungodly living and worldly desires and to live sensible, righteous and godly lives in this present age,

who did give himself for us, that he might ransom us from all lawlessness, and might purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works;

On all these points give teaching and help, and make clear what is right with all authority. Let all men give you honour.

To say no evil of any man, not to be fighters, to give way to others, to be gentle in behaviour to all men.

So that, having been given righteousness through grace, we might have a part in the heritage, the hope of eternal life.

This is a true saying; and it is my desire that you may give certain witness about these things, so that those who have had faith in God may give attention to good works. These things are good and of profit to men;

A man that is given to heresy, after the first and the second admonition; avoid,

When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, give diligence to come unto me to Nicopolis: for there I have determined to winter.

Give a hearty send-off to Zenas the jurist and Apollos; see that they want for nothing.

All who are with me send you their love. Give our love to our friends in the faith. Grace be with you all.