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Titus 1
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1 Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness,CTitus 1:1-2:1TOSKTitus 1:1
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2 in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.IPNumbers 23:19CTitus 1:1-2:1TOSKTitus 1:2
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3 In His own time He has made His word evident in the proclamation entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior.CTitus 1:1-2:1TOSKTitus 1:3
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4 To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.CTitus 1:1-2:1TOSKTitus 1:4
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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.CTitus 1:1-2:1TOSKTitus 1:5
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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.CTitus 1:1-2:1TOSKTitus 1:6
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7 As God's steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-absorbed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money.CTitus 1:1-2:1TOSKTitus 1:7
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8 Instead, he must be hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.CTitus 1:1-2:1TOSKTitus 1:8
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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.CTitus 1:1-2:1TOSKTitus 1:9
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10 For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision,CTitus 1:1-2:1TOSKTitus 1:10
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11 who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.CTitus 1:1-2:1TOSKTitus 1:11
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12 As one of their own prophets has said, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons."CTitus 1:1-2:1TOSKTitus 1:12
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13 This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sternly, so that they will be sound in the faithCTitus 1:1-2:1TOSKTitus 1:13
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14 and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected the truth.CTitus 1:1-2:1TOSKTitus 1:14
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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.TOSKTitus 1:15
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16 They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.IPPsalms 14:1TOSKTitus 1:16