# Titus 1 
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1. Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth, which accords with godliness,
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2. in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began
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3. and at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior; 
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4. To Titus, my true child in a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior. 
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5. This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you—<a id="6" name="6"></a>
6. if anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination.
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7. For an overseer, as God’s steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain,
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8. but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.
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9. He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it. 
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10. For there are many who are insubordinate, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision party.
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11. They must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for shameful gain what they ought not to teach.
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12. One of the Cretans, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
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13. This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,
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14. not devoting themselves to Jewish myths and the commands of people who turn away from the truth.
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15. To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
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16. They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work. 

(ESV)