The Epistle of St. Paul to Titus

Chapter 1

1    Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the
faith of the elect of God and the acknowledging of the truth, which is
according to godliness:

2    Unto the hope of life everlasting, which God, who lieth not, hath
promised before the times of the world:

3    But hath in due times manifested his word in preaching, which is
committed to me according to the commandment of God our Savior:

4    To Titus my beloved son, according to the common faith, grace and peace 
from God the Father, and from Christ Jesus our Savior.

5    For this cause I left thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the
things that are wanting, and shouldest ordain priests in every city, as I also
appointed thee:

6    If any be without crime, the husband of one wife, having faithful
children, not accused of riot, or unruly.

7    For a bishop must be without crime, as the steward of God: not proud, not
subject to anger, not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre:

8    But given to hospitality, gentle, sober, just, holy, continent:

9    Embracing that faithful word which is according to doctrine, that he may
be able to exhort in sound doctrine, and to convince the gainsayers.

10   For there are also many disobedient, vain talkers, and seducers:
especially they who are of the circumcision:

11   Who must be reproved, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which
they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.

12   One of them a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are always liars,
evil beasts, slothful bellies.

13   This testimony is true.  Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be
sound in the faith;

14   Not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men, who turn
themselves away from the truth.

15   All things are clean to the clean: but to them that are defiled, and to
unbelievers, nothing is clean: but both their mind and their conscience are
defiled.

16   They profess that they know God: but in their works they deny him; being
abominable, and incredulous, and to every good work reprobate.

Chapter 2

1    But speak thou the things that become sound doctrine:

2    That the aged men be sober, chaste, prudent, sound in faith, in love, in
patience.

3    The aged women, in like manner, in holy attire, not false accusers, not
given to much wine, teaching well:

4    That they may teach the young women to be wise, to love their husbands,
to love their children,

5    To be discreet, chaste, sober, having a care of the house, gentle,
obedient to their husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

6    Young men, in like manner, exhort that they be sober.

7    In all things shew thyself an example of good works, in doctrine, in
integrity, in gravity,

8    The sound word that can not be blamed: that he, who is on the contrary
part, may be afraid, having no evil to say of us.

9     Exhort servants to be obedient to their masters, in all things pleasing,
not gainsaying:

10   Not defrauding, but in all things shewing good fidelity, that they may
adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things:

11   For the grace of God our Savior hath appeared to all men;

12   Instructing us, that, denying ungodliness and worldly desires, we should
live soberly, and justly, and godly in this world,

13   Looking for the blessed hope and coming of the glory of the great God and
our Savior Jesus Christ,

14   Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and
might cleanse to himself a people acceptable, a pursuer of good works.

15   These things speak, and exhort and rebuke with all authority.  Let no man
despise thee.

Chapter 3

1    Admonish them to be subject to princes and powers, to obey at a word, to
be ready to every good work.

2    To speak evil of no man, not to be litigious, but gentle: shewing all
mildness towards all men.

3    For we ourselves also were some time unwise, incredulous, erring, slaves
to divers desires and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and
hating one another.

4    But when the goodness and kindness of God our Savior appeared:

5    Not by the works of justice, which we have done, but according to his
mercy, he saved us, by the laver of regeneration, and renovation of the Holy
Ghost;

6    Whom he hath poured forth upon us abundantly, through Jesus Christ our
Savior:

7    That, being justified by his grace, we may be heirs, according to hope of
life everlasting.

8    It is a faithful saying: and these things I will have thee affirm
constantly: that they, who believe in God, may be careful to excel in good
works.  These things are good and profitable unto men.

9     But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and
strivings about the law.  For they are unprofitable and vain.

10   A man that is a heretic, after the first and second admonition, avoid:

11   Knowing that he, that is such an one, is subverted, and sinneth, being
condemned by his own judgment.

12   When I shall send to thee Artemas or Tychicus, make haste to come unto me
to Nicopolis.  For there I have determined to winter.

13   Send forward Zenas, the lawyer, and Apollo, with care, that nothing be
wanting to them.

14   And let our men also learn to excel in good works for necessary uses:
that they be not unfruitful.

15   All that are with me salute thee: salute them that love us in the faith. 
The grace of God be with you all.  Amen.