serving in hope of the life eternal which God, who never lies, promised ages ago ??3 he gave effect to his word in due time by a proclamation with which I have been entrusted by command of God our Saviour: ??4 to Titus my lawful son in a faith we hold in common; grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.

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

let your words be sound and such that no exception can be taken to them, so that the opposite side may be confounded by finding nothing that they can say to our discredit.

you may be sure a man like that is perverted; he is sinning and he knows it.

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

All who are with me salute you. Salute those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all.