but at the proper time made known as His message through the message that I preach with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Saviour;

I left you in Crete for this express purpose, to set in order the things that are lacking, and to appoint elders in each town, as I directed you --

and a man who continues to cling to the trustworthy message as he was taught it, so that he may be competent to encourage others with wholesome teaching and to convict those who oppose him.

Now this tendency is true. So continue correcting them severely, that they may be healthy in faith,

let your message be wholesome and unobjectionable, so that our opponent may be put to shame at having nothing evil to say about us.

He saved us, not for upright deeds that we had done, but in accordance with His mercy, through the bath of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,

so that we might come into right standing with God through His unmerited favor and become heirs of eternal life in accordance with our hope.

It is a message to be trusted, and I want you to be emphatic about these things, so that those who believe in God may be careful to take the lead in doing good. These things are right and render service to mankind.

for you may be sure that such a man is crooked and sinful, even self-condemned.

Give a hearty send-off to Zenas the lawyer, and Apollos, so that they may want for nothing.