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Titus 1 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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Greetings and Grace

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Paul, a slave of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, [fn]for the faith of God’s elect and the full knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:2 - in the hope of eternal life, which the God who cannot lie promised [fn]from all eternity,
Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:3 - but at the proper time manifested His word in preaching, with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior,
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To Titus, my genuine child according to our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

Qualifications of Elders

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For this reason I left you in Crete, that you would set in order what remains and appoint elders in every city as I directed you,

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:6 - namely, if any man is beyond reproach, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, who are not accused of dissipation, or rebellious.
Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:7 - For the [fn]overseer must be beyond reproach as God’s steward, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not addicted to wine, not pugnacious, not fond of dishonest gain,
Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:8 - but hospitable, loving what is good, sensible, righteous, holy, self-controlled,
Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:9 - holding fast the faithful word which is in accordance with the teaching, so that he will be able both to exhort in sound doctrine and to reprove those who contradict.
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For there are many rebellious men, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:11 - who must be silenced because they are upsetting whole families, teaching things they should not teach for the sake of dishonest gain.
Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:12 - One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:13 - This testimony is true. For this reason reprove them severely so that they may be sound in the faith,
Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:14 - not paying attention to Jewish myths and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.
Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:15 - To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.
Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:16 - They profess to know God, but by their works they deny Him, being detestable and disobedient and unfit for any good work.
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