Paul, a slave of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of the chosen of God and the knowledge of the truth that [is] according to godliness,

On account of this, I left you behind in Crete, in order that what remains may be set in order and you may appoint elders in every town, as I ordered you.

holding fast to the faithful message according to the teaching, in order that he may be able both to exhort with sound instruction and to reprove those who speak against [it].

This testimony is true, for which reason reprove them severely, in order that they may be sound in the faith,

in order that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands [and to] love their children,

[to be] self-controlled, pure, busy at home, good, being subject to their own husbands, in order that the word of God may not be slandered.

sound message beyond reproach, in order that {an opponent} may be put to shame, [because he] has nothing bad to say concerning us.

not stealing, but demonstrating all good faith, in order that they may do credit to the teaching of God our Savior in everything.

training us in order that, denying impiety and worldly desires, we may live self-controlled and righteously and godly in the present age,

who gave himself for us, in order that he might redeem us from all lawlessness and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good deeds.

he saved us, not by deeds of righteousness that we have done, but because of his mercy, through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit,

so that, having been justified by his grace, we may become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

The saying [is] trustworthy, and I want you to insist concerning these [things], so that those who have believed in God may be careful to engage in good deeds. These things are good and beneficial for people.

knowing that such a person is perverted and is sinning, being self-condemned.

Diligently send on their way Zenas the lawyer and Apollos, so that {they may lack nothing}.

But also our [people] must learn to engage in good deeds for necessary needs, so that they will not be unfruitful.