Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;

In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;

[It is being sent] to Titus, my true son, [who shares] in a common faith. [May you have] unearned favor and peace [which come] from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

I have left you behind in Crete in order that you may set right the things which still require attention, and appoint Elders in every town, as I directed you to do;

If any be faultless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, which are not slandered of riot, neither are disobedient.

holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict the gainsayers.

Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.

One being of themselves, which was a poet of their own said, "The Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, and slow bellies."

This testimony is true. For which cause reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,

But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:

that aged women likewise be reverent in demeanor, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;

and healthy language which no one can censure, so that our opponents may feel ashamed at having nothing evil to say against us.

not robbing their masters, but shewing all good fidelity, that they may adorn the teaching which is of our Saviour God in all things.

For the grace of God which carries with it salvation for all men has appeared,

which gave himself for us, to redeem us from all unrighteousness, and to purge us a peculiar people unto himself, fervently given unto good works.

But when the goodness of God our Saviour, and His love to man, dawned upon us, not in consequence of things which we,

Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;

This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men.