(Christian Standard Bible Version)
Tit 1:5 The reason I left you in Crete was to set right what was left undone and, as I directed you, to appoint elders in every town.
Tit 1:6 An elder must be blameless, the husband of one wife, with faithful children who are not accused of wildness or rebellion.
Tit 1:7 As an overseer of God’s household, he must be blameless, not arrogant, not hot-tempered, not an excessive drinker, not a bully, not greedy for money,
Tit 1:8 but hospitable, loving what is good, sensible, righteous, holy, self-controlled,
Tit 1:9 holding to the faithful message as taught, so that he will be able both to encourage with sound teaching and to refute those who contradict it.
Tit 1:10 For there are many rebellious people, full of empty talk and deception, especially those from the circumcision party.
Tit 1:11 It is necessary to silence them; they are ruining entire households by teaching what they shouldn’t in order to get money dishonestly.
Tit 1:12 One of their very own prophets said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
Tit 1:13 This testimony is true. For this reason, rebuke them sharply, so that they may be sound in the faith
Tit 1:14 and may not pay attention to Jewish myths and the commands of people who reject the truth.
Tit 1:15 To the pure, everything is pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; in fact, both their mind and conscience are defiled.
Tit 1:16 They claim to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.
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