To Titus, my true son in a common faith, from Paul, a slave of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and to the knowledge of the truth which goes with piety;

in hope of everlasting life, which God, who cannot lie, promised from the most ancient times,

to Titus, my genuine child in our common faith: be spiritual blessing and peace from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.

I did not take you with me when I went away from Crete, so that you might do what was necessary to put things in order there, placing men in authority over the churches in every town, as I said to you;

if any one be free from all charge against him, husband of one wife, having believing children not accused of excess or unruly.

For the overseer must be free from all charge against him as God's steward; not headstrong, not passionate, not disorderly through wine, not a striker, not seeking gain by base means;

For there are also many insubordinate men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially those from circumcision,

Said one from among them, a prophet, of their own! - Cretans! always false, mischievous wild-beasts, idle gluttons:

This description is true. So rebuke them sharply so that they will be sound in the faith and free from doctrinal error,

not giving heed to Jewish myths, and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.

The word sound, not to be condemned; that he from the opposite may be changed, having nothing bad to say of you.

to stop resisting them and stealing from them, but to show such perfect fidelity as to adorn, in everything they do, the teaching of God our Saviour.

For the [remarkable, undeserved] grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men.

Training us so that, turning away from evil and the desires of this world, we may be living wisely and uprightly in the knowledge of God in this present life;

who gave Himself for us to ransom us from all iniquity and purify for Himself a people to be His very own, zealous of good works.

For in the past we were foolish, hard in heart, turned from the true way, servants of evil desires and pleasures, living in bad feeling and envy, hated and hating one another.

But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love
for mankind appeared,

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,

But hold yourself aloof from foolish controversies, pedigrees, strife, and wrangles about the law, for these are fruitless and futile.

From a party-man, after a first and second admonition, excuse thyself;

for, as you know, a man of that description has turned aside from the right path and is a sinner self-condemned.

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.}