Thematic Bible
Titus 1:1 (show verse)
PAUL, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledgement of the truth, which is according to godliness;
Titus 1:2 (show verse)
in hope of eternal life, which God, who can not lie, promised be fore the times of the ages,
Titus 1:3 (show verse)
but he has in his own times manifested his word by preaching, which was committed to me ac cording to the commandment of God our Savior;
Titus 1:4 (show verse)
to Titus, my true son, according to the common faith: grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.
Titus 1:5 (show verse)
I left you in Crete for this purpose, that you might set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I commanded you:
Titus 1:6 (show verse)
if any one is blameless, the husband of one wife, if he has faithful children that are not accused of riotous living, or disobedient.
Titus 1:7 (show verse)
For the bishop must be blame less, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not passionate, not fond of wine, not quarrelsome, not one who makes money by base means;
Titus 1:8 (show verse)
but hospitable, a lover of goodness, sober-minded, just, holy, temperate,
Titus 1:9 (show verse)
holding fast the sure word as it is taught, that he may be able, by sound teaching, both to exhort and to convince the opposers.
Titus 1:10 (show verse)
For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,
Titus 1:11 (show verse)
whose mouths must be stopped: these subvert whole houses by teaching, for the sake of base gain, things which they ought not to teach.
Titus 1:12 (show verse)
One of themselves, a prophet of their own, has said: The Cretans are always liars, evil wild beasts, lazy gluttons.
Titus 1:13 (show verse)
This testimony is true; wherefore rebuke them severely, that they may be sound in the faith,
Titus 1:14 (show verse)
and not give heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men that turn away from the truth.
Titus 1:15 (show verse)
To the pure, all things are pure: but to the denied and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but their mind and their conscience are denied.
Titus 1:16 (show verse)
They profess that they know God, but in their works they deny him, being detestable and disobedient, and, as it respects every good work, rejected.