he saved us, not for any upright actions we had performed, but from his own mercy, through the bath of regeneration and renewal by the holy Spirit,

For God's mercy has appeared and brought salvation to all men,

while we wait for the fulfilment of our blessed hope in the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Christ Jesus.

Teach the older women, too, to be reverent in their behavior, and not to gossip or be slaves of drink, but to be teachers of what is right,

I left you behind in Crete expressly to correct what defects there were, and to appoint elders in each town, as I directed you??6 men of irreproachable character, who have been married only once, whose children are Christians, free from any suspicion of profligacy or disobedience.

in the hope of eternal life, which God who never lies promised ages ago,

standing by the message that can be relied on, just as he was taught it, so that he may be qualified both to encourage others with wholesome teaching and to show the error of those who oppose him.

But when the goodness and kindness of God our Savior were revealed,

He gave himself for us, to free us from all wickedness and purify for himself a people of his own, eager to do right.

Remind men to accept and obey the constituted authorities, to be ready for any useful service,

For we ourselves were once without understanding, disobedient, deluded, enslaved to all kinds of passions and pleasures. Our minds were full of malice and envy. Men hated us and we hated one another.

Paul, a slave of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to arouse faith in those whom God has chosen, and the comprehension of religious truth,

But you must teach people the things that properly belong to wholesome teaching.

training us to renounce godless ways and worldly passions, and live serious, upright, and godly lives in this world,

If a man is inclined to a sect, after warning him once or twice, have nothing more to do with him.

so as to train the younger women to be loving wives and mothers,

They must be silenced, for such men upset whole households by teaching things they ought not to teach, for the sake of dishonest gain.

For as God's overseer a superintendent must be irreproachable, not arrogant or quick-tempered or given to drink or pugnacious or addicted to dishonest gain,

which he has poured out upon us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,

To the pure everything is pure, but to the evil-minded and unbelieving nothing is pure, but their very minds and consciences are unclean.

But have nothing to do with foolish controversies, pedigrees, strife, and wrangles about the Law, for they are profitless and futile.

They profess to know God, but they disown him by what they do; they are detestable, disobedient men, worthless for any good purpose.

For there are many undisciplined people, who deceive themselves with their empty talk, especially those of the party of circumcision.

In every way set them an example of good conduct yourself. Teach with sincerity and seriousness,

You may be sure that a man of that kind is corrupt and sinful, for his own actions condemn him.

to Titus, my true child in our common faith; God our Father and Christ Jesus our Savior bless you and give you peace.

and to be sensible, pure-minded, domestic, kind, and submissive to their husbands, so as not to bring reproach on God's message.

Urge the younger men, too, to be sensible.

and present a wholesome, unobjectionable message, so that your opponent may be put to shame at finding nothing bad to say about us.

When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to settle there for the winter.

Have our people learn to make it their business to do good, so as to meet these pressing demands and not live unfruitful lives.

Do all you can to help Zenas the expert in the Law and Apollos on with their journey, and see that they have everything they need.

Tell slaves always to obey their masters and try to please them, not to oppose them

This is a trustworthy teaching, and I want you to insist on these things, so that those who believe in God may make it their business to do good. All this is right and beneficial to mankind.

so that we might be made upright through his mercy and become possessors of eternal life in fulfilment of our hope.

and revealed at the proper time in his message, through the preaching with which I have been intrusted at the command of God our Savior,

It was a Cretan, a prophet of their own, who said, "Cretans are always liars, savage brutes, lazy gluttons,"

Teach the older men to be temperate, serious, and sensible??en of vigorous faith, love, and steadfastness.

to abuse nobody, to be peaceable and reasonable, showing perfect gentleness to everyone.

but hospitable, a lover of goodness, sensible, upright, of holy life, self-controlled,

and that statement is true. Therefore correct them rigorously, to make them have a healthy faith,

This is what you must teach and urge and insist upon with full authority. No one is to look down on you.

and not study Jewish fictions or commands given by men who reject the truth.

or steal from them, but to show such perfect good faith as to do credit to the teaching about God our Savior, by everything they do.

All who are with me wish to be remembered to you. Remember me to all believers who love me. God bless you all.