Chapter 1
Paul’s Greeting to Titus
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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,
Παῦλος δοῦλος Θεοῦ δὲ ἀπόστολος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ κατὰ πίστιν Θεοῦ ἐκλεκτῶν καὶ ἐπίγνωσιν ἀληθείας τῆς κατ’ εὐσέβειαν Paulos doulos Theou de apostolos Iēsou Christou kata pistin Theou eklektōn kai epignōsin alētheias tēs kat’ eusebeian — NA/TR · 1
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in [the] hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.
ἐπ’ ἐλπίδι αἰωνίου ζωῆς ἣν ὁ Θεὸς ἀψευδὴς ἐπηγγείλατο πρὸ χρόνων αἰωνίων ep’ elpidi aiōniou zōēs hēn ho Theos apseudēs epēngeilato pro chronōn aiōniōn — NA/TR · 2
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[In His] own time He has made… His word {evident} in [the] proclamation entrusted vvv to me by [the] command of God our Savior.
ἰδίοις καιροῖς ἐφανέρωσεν δὲ τὸν αὐτοῦ λόγον ἐν κηρύγματι ἐπιστεύθην ὃ ἐγὼ κατ’ ἐπιταγὴν Θεοῦ ἡμῶν τοῦ Σωτῆρος idiois kairois ephanerōsen de ton autou logon en kērygmati episteuthēn ho egō kat’ epitagēn Theou hēmōn tou Sōtēros — NA/TR · 3
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To Titus, [my] true child in [our] common faith: Grace and peace from God [the] Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
Τίτῳ γνησίῳ τέκνῳ κατὰ κοινὴν πίστιν Χάρις καὶ εἰρήνη ἀπὸ Θεοῦ Πατρὸς καὶ Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ ἡμῶν τοῦ Σωτῆρος Titō gnēsiō teknō kata koinēn pistin Charis kai eirēnē apo Theou Patros kai Christou Iēsou hēmōn tou Sōtēros — NA/TR · 4
Appointing Elders on Crete
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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.
χάριν Τούτου ἀπέλιπόν σε ἐν Κρήτῃ ἵνα ἐπιδιορθώσῃ τὰ λείποντα καὶ καταστήσῃς πρεσβυτέρους κατὰ πόλιν ὡς ἐγώ διεταξάμην σοι charin Toutou apelipon se en Krētē hina epidiorthōsē ta leiponta kai katastēsēs presbyterous kata polin hōs egō dietaxamēn soi — NA/TR · 5
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[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.
εἴ τίς ἐστιν ἀνέγκλητος ἀνήρ μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἔχων τέκνα πιστά μὴ ἐν κατηγορίᾳ ἀσωτίας ἢ ἀνυπότακτα ei tis estin anenklētos anēr mias gynaikos echōn tekna pista mē en katēgoria asōtias ē anypotakta — NA/TR · 6
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- As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach— not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money.
γὰρ ὡς Θεοῦ οἰκονόμον τὸν ἐπίσκοπον Δεῖ εἶναι ἀνέγκλητον μὴ αὐθάδη μὴ ὀργίλον μὴ πάροινον μὴ πλήκτην μὴ αἰσχροκερδῆ gar hōs Theou oikonomon ton episkopon Dei einai anenklēton mē authadē mē orgilon mē paroinon mē plēktēn mē aischrokerdē — NA/TR · 7
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Instead, [he must be] hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, [and] disciplined.
ἀλλὰ φιλόξενον φιλάγαθον σώφρονα δίκαιον ὅσιον ἐγκρατῆ alla philoxenon philagathon sōphrona dikaion hosion enkratē — NA/TR · 8
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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].
ἀντεχόμενον τοῦ πιστοῦ λόγου κατὰ τὴν διδαχὴν ἵνα ᾖ δυνατὸς καὶ παρακαλεῖν ἐν τῇ ὑγιαινούσῃ τῇ διδασκαλίᾳ καὶ ἐλέγχειν τοὺς ἀντιλέγοντας antechomenon tou pistou logou kata tēn didachēn hina ē dynatos kai parakalein en tē hygiainousē tē didaskalia kai elenchein tous antilegontas — NA/TR · 9
Correcting False Teachers
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For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision,
γὰρ πολλοὶ Εἰσὶν ἀνυπότακτοι καὶ ματαιολόγοι καὶ φρεναπάται μάλιστα οἱ ἐκ τῆς περιτομῆς gar polloi Eisin anypotaktoi kai mataiologoi kai phrenapatai malista hoi ek tēs peritomēs — NA/TR · 10
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who must be silenced. For [the] sake of dishonorable gain, [they] undermine entire households [and] teach things they should not.
οὓς δεῖ ἐπιστομίζειν χάριν αἰσχροῦ κέρδους οἵτινες ἀνατρέπουσιν ὅλους οἴκους διδάσκοντες ἃ δεῖ μὴ hous dei epistomizein charin aischrou kerdous hoitines anatrepousin holous oikous didaskontes ha dei mē — NA/TR · 11
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[As] one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans [are] always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
τις ἐξ αὐτῶν αὐτῶν ἴδιος προφήτης εἶπέν Κρῆτες ἀεὶ ψεῦσται κακὰ θηρία ἀργαί γαστέρες tis ex autōn autōn idios prophētēs eipen Krētes aei pseustai kaka thēria argai gasteres — NA/TR · 12
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This testimony is true. vvv vvv Therefore rebuke them sternly, so that they will be sound in the faith
αὕτη Ἡ μαρτυρία ἐστὶν ἀληθής δι’ ἣν αἰτίαν ἔλεγχε αὐτοὺς ἀποτόμως ἵνα ὑγιαίνωσιν ἐν τῇ πίστει hautē Hē martyria estin alēthēs di’ hēn aitian elenche autous apotomōs hina hygiainōsin en tē pistei — NA/TR · 13
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vvv [and] will pay no attention to Jewish myths [or] [to the] commands of men who have rejected the truth.
μὴ προσέχοντες Ἰουδαϊκοῖς μύθοις καὶ ἐντολαῖς ἀνθρώπων ἀποστρεφομένων τὴν ἀλήθειαν mē prosechontes Ioudaikois mythois kai entolais anthrōpōn apostrephomenōn tēn alētheian — NA/TR · 14
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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.
τοῖς καθαροῖς Πάντα καθαρὰ δὲ τοῖς μεμιαμμένοις καὶ ἀπίστοις οὐδὲν καθαρόν ἀλλὰ καὶ αὐτῶν ὁ νοῦς καὶ ἡ συνείδησις μεμίανται tois katharois Panta kathara de tois memiammenois kai apistois ouden katharon alla kai autōn ho nous kai hē syneidēsis memiantai — NA/TR · 15
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They profess to know God, but by [their] actions they deny [Him]. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
ὁμολογοῦσιν εἰδέναι Θεὸν δὲ τοῖς ἔργοις ἀρνοῦνται ὄντες βδελυκτοὶ καὶ ἀπειθεῖς καὶ ἀδόκιμοι πρὸς πᾶν ἀγαθὸν ἔργον homologousin eidenai Theon de tois ergois arnountai ontes bdelyktoi kai apeitheis kai adokimoi pros pan agathon ergon — NA/TR · 16