Titus 1:5–16 · BSB
1:5
The reason I left you in Crete was that you would set in order what was unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.
1:6
An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, having children who are believers and who are not open to accusation of indiscretion or insubordination.
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1:7
As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money.
1:8
Instead, he must be hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.
1:9
He must hold firmly to the faithful word as it was taught, so that he can encourage others by sound teaching and refute those who contradict it.
1:10
For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision,
1:11
who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.
1:12
As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
1:13
This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sternly, so that they will be sound in the faith
1:14
and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected the truth.
1:15
To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
1:16
They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
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