not of the deeds of righteousness which we wrought, but of his mercy, he saved us, by the fountain of the new birth, and with the renewing of the holy ghost,

For the grace of God, that bringeth salvation unto all men, hath appeared

looking for that blessed hope and glorious appearing of the mighty God, and of our saviour Jesus Christ:

And the elder women likewise that they be in such raiment as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much drinking, but teachers of honest things,

For this cause left I thee in Crete: that thou shouldest perform that which was lacking and shouldest ordain elders in every city as I appointed thee.

which is after godliness upon the hope of eternal life; which life God, that cannot lie, hath promised before the world began:

and such as cleaveth unto the true word of doctrine, that he may be able to exhort with wholesome learning, and to improve them that say against it.

But after that the kindness and love of our saviour God to man ward appeared,

which gave himself for us, to redeem us from all unrighteousness, and to purge us a peculiar people unto himself, fervently given unto good works.

Warn them, that they submit themselves to rule and power, to obey the officers, that they be ready unto all good works,

For we ourselves also were in times past, unwise, disobedient, deceived, in danger to lusts, and to divers manners of voluptuousness, living in maliciousness and envy, full of hate, hating one another.

If any be faultless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, which are not slandered of riot, neither are disobedient.

Paul, the servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to preach the faith of God's elect, and the knowledge of that truth,

But speak thou that which becometh wholesome learning:

and teacheth us that we should deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, and that we should live sober minded, righteously, and godly in this present world,

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

to make the young women soberminded, to love their husbands, to love their children,

whose mouths must be stopped, which pervert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, because of filthy lucre.

For a bishop must be faultless, as it becometh the minister of God; not stubborn, not angry, no drunkard, no fighter, not given to filthy lucre:

which he shed on us abundantly, through Jesus Christ our saviour;

Unto the pure, are all things pure: but unto them that are defiled, and unbelieving, is nothing pure: but even the very minds and consciences of them are defiled.

Foolish questions, and genealogies, and brawlings and strife about the law; avoid, for they are unprofitable, and superfluous.

They confess that they know God: but with the deeds they deny him and are abominable, and disobedient, and unto all good works discommendable.

For there are many disobedient and talkers of vanity, and deceivers of minds, namely they of the circumcision,

Above all things, show thyself an example of good works with uncorrupt doctrine, with honesty,

remembering that he that is such, is perverted, and sinneth, even damned by his own judgement.

To Titus, his natural son in the common faith. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ our saviour.

to be of discreet, chaste, housewifely, good, and obedient unto their own husbands, that the word of God be not evil spoken of.

Young men likewise exhort that they be sober minded.

and with the wholesome word which cannot be rebuked, that he which withstandeth may be ashamed, having no thing in you that he may dispraise.

When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come to me unto Nicopolis. For I have determined there to winter.

And let ours also learn to excel in good works as far forth as need requireth, that they be not unfruitful.

Bring Zenas the lawyer, and Apollos, on their journey diligently, that nothing be lacking unto them.

The servants exhort to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please in all things, not answering again,

This is a true saying. Of these things I would thou shouldest certify, that they which believe God, might be diligent to go forward in good works. These things are good and profitable unto men.

that we, once justified by his grace, should be heirs of eternal life, through hope.

but hath opened his word at the time appointed, through preaching; which preaching is committed unto me, by the commandment of God our saviour.

One being of themselves, which was a poet of their own said, "The Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, and slow bellies."

That the elder men be sober, honest, discreet, sound in the faith, in love and in patience.

that they speak evil of no man, that they be no fighters, but soft, showing all meekness unto all men.

but harborous, one that loveth goodness, sober minded, righteous, holy, temperate,

This witness is true, wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,

These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke, with all commanding. See that no man despise thee.

and not taking heed to Jews fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.

neither be pickers, but that they show all good faithfulness, that they may do worship to the doctrine of God our saviour in all things.

All that are with me salute thee. Greet them that love us in the faith. Grace be with you all, Amen. {Here ends the Epistle of Saint Paul unto Titus, Written from Nicopolis, a city of Macedonia.}