Paul a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to declare the faith which recommends men to the divine favour, and to convince them of that truth, which leads to piety,

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

and has in due time manifested by the preaching of his word, which is committed to me according to the commandment of God our saviour:

TO Titus my own convert to the common faith: grace and peace from God the father, and the Lord Jesus Christ our saviour.

for a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not morose, not soon angry, not given to wine, not violent, not desirous of unlawful gain.

they make a profession of knowing God; but in fact they deny him, being execrably incredulous, and utter strangers to all virtue.

to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, good oeconimists, beneficent, submissive to their husbands,

that the word of God may not be blasphemed. the young men likewise exhort to be modest.

entirely obsequious without grumbling. not to pilfer, but to show the strictest fidelity; that they may do honour to the doctrine of God our saviour in all things.

in expectation of that desirable happiness, the glorious appearance of the supreme God, and of our saviour Jesus Christ,

but when the kindness and love of God our saviour display'd itself to mankind,

This is a secure rule, and what I would have you constantly maintain, that they who have believed in God, should take care to be examples of virtue, for that is commendable and useful to mankind.