19 Greet Prisca and aAquila and the house of bOnesiphorus.
20 aErastus remained in bCorinth, and cTrophimus I left at 1dMiletus 2sick.
21 Be diligent to come before awinter. Eubulus greets you, as well as Pudens and Linus and Claudia and all the brothers.
22 The Lord be with your 1aspirit. 2bGrace be with you.
CHAPTER 1
1 Paul, a aslave of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ baccording to the 1cfaith of God’s 2dchosen ones and the 3efull knowledge of the truth, which is 4faccording to godliness,
2 In the 1ahope of 2beternal life, which God, who ccannot lie, 3dpromised 4before the etimes of the ages
3 But in 1aits own times bmanifested 2His cword in the dproclamation with which I was eentrusted faccording to the 3command of our fSavior God;
4 To aTitus, genuine bchild caccording to the 1common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
5 For this cause I left you in aCrete, that you might set in order the things which I have begun that remain and appoint belders in 1cevery city, as I ddirected you:
6 aIf anyone is bunreprovable, the 1husband of one wife, having believing children not accused of cdissoluteness or dunruly.
7 For the 1aoverseer must be unreprovable as a bsteward of God, not cself-willed, 2not quick tempered, 3not an excessive drinker, 4not a striker, 5not greedy for base gain;
8 But 1hospitable, a alover of good, 2of a sober mind, righteous, 3holy, self-controlled;
9 1aHolding to the 2bfaithful word, which is according to the 3teaching of the apostles, that he may be able both to exhort by the 4chealthy teaching and to 5convict 6those who doppose.
10 For there are many aunruly men, bvain talkers and cdeceivers, especially 1dthose of the circumcision,
11 Whose mouths must be 1stopped, who overthrow whole ahouseholds, teaching bthings 2cfor the sake of base gain, which they ought not to do.
12 One from among 1themselves, a 2aprophet of their own, said, bCretans are always liars, evil beasts, idle 3gluttons.
13 This testimony is true; for which cause 1areprove them 2bseverely that they may be 3chealthy in the 4faith,
14 Not paying attention to Jewish 1amyths and the 2bcommandments of men who 3cturn away from the 4dtruth.
15 1All things are apure to the pure; yet to those who are 2defiled and unbelieving bnothing is pure, but both their 3cmind and their conscience are 2defiled.
16 They 1profess to know God, but by their works they adeny Him, being babominable and cdisobedient and, as to every good work, 2ddisapproved.
CHAPTER 2
1 But you, speak the things which are fitting to the 1ahealthy teaching.
2 Exhort aolder men to be 1btemperate, 2cgrave, 3of a dsober mind, 4ehealthy in ffaith, in love, in gendurance;
3 aOlder women likewise to be in 1demeanor as bbefits those who engage in 2sacred things, 3not cslanderers, nor 4denslaved by much wine, 5teachers of what is egood,
4 That they may 1train the young women 2to love their husbands, to love their children,
5 To be of a asober mind, bpure, workers at chome, 1good, dsubject to their own husbands, that the 2eword of God would not be 3blasphemed.
6 The ayounger men likewise exhort to be of a bsober mind,
7 Concerning all things 1presenting yourself as a apattern of good works: in your teaching showing incorruption, 2bgravity,
8 aHealthy speech that cannot be 1condemned, that 2he who bopposes may be put to cshame, having 3nothing evil to say about us.