Paul a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for promoting the faith of God's chosen people, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness:

For this cause I left thee in Crete, that thou mightest set in order what remained, and ordain elders in every city as I directed thee:

For a bishop must be blameless as the steward of God, not self-willed, not passionate, not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of sordid gain:

For there are many disorderly persons, vain-talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision; whose mouths must be stopped:

who subvert whole families, teaching what they ought not, for shameful gain:

This testimony is true: for which cause rebuke them sharply, that they may be found in the faith;

For the grace of God, that bringeth salvation, hath appeared to all men;

looking for the blessed hope, and glorious appearance of the great God, and our Saviour, Jesus Christ:

who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify to Himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

For we also were formerly foolish, disobedient, going astray, enslaved to various disorderly appetites and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

not for works of righteousness which we had done, but according to his own mercy He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the holy Spirit;

This is a word which ought to believed and observed, and concerning these things I would have thee stedfastly affirm, that they who have believed in God be careful to excel in good works: for these things are good and profitable to men.

But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and strifes and contentions about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain:

When I shall send Artemas to thee, or Tychicus, endeavour to come to me to Nicopolis: for there I have determined to winter.

And let our brethren-also learn to excel in good works for necessary exigencies, that they may not be unfruitful.