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<a hlef ="../1_peter/5.htm">1 Peter 5:1–4</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/titus/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/titus/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> having children who are believers and who are not open to accusation of indiscretion or insubordination. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/titus/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-absorbed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money. <span class="reftext"><a href="/titus/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Instead, he must be hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined. <span class="reftext"><a href="/titus/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>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. <p class="hdg">Correcting False Teachers<br /><span class="cross">(<a hlef ="../1_timothy/1.htm#3">1 Timothy 1:3–11</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/titus/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision, <span class="reftext"><a href="/titus/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not. <span class="reftext"><a href="/titus/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/titus/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sternly, so that they will be sound in the faith <span class="reftext"><a href="/titus/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected the truth. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/titus/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/titus/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.<A name="fn"></a><br /><br /></p><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">2</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Literally <i>before times eternal</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>faithful to his wife</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">12</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> This quote, also known as the Epimenides paradox, has been attributed to the Cretan philosopher Epimenides of Knossos.<br><br /></div></div> <table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="/bsb/titus/1.htm" title="Titus 1"></a> Titus 2 <a href="/bsb/titus/3.htm" title="Titus 3"></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div class="vheading2"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Titus 2</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/bsb/esv/titus/2.shtml" style="color:#552200" title="Parallel Chapters"></a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Teaching Sound Doctrine<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/titus/2-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>But as for you, speak the things that are consistent with sound doctrine. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/titus/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, and sound in faith, love, and perseverance. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/titus/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good. <span class="reftext"><a href="/titus/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>In this way they can train the young women to love their husbands and children, <span class="reftext"><a href="/titus/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>to be self-controlled, pure, managers of their households, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be discredited. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/titus/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>In the same way, urge the younger men to be self-controlled. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/titus/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>In everything, show yourself to be an example by doing good works. In your teaching show integrity, dignity, <span class="reftext"><a href="/titus/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>and wholesome speech that is above reproach, so that anyone who opposes us will be ashamed to have nothing bad to say about us. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/titus/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Slaves are to submit to their own masters in everything, to be well-pleasing, not argumentative, <span class="reftext"><a href="/titus/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>not stealing from them, but showing all good faith, so that in every respect they will adorn the teaching about God our Savior. <p class="hdg">God’s Grace Brings Salvation<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/titus/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone. <span class="reftext"><a href="/titus/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age, <span class="reftext"><a href="/titus/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>as we await the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ. <span class="reftext"><a href="/titus/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/titus/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Speak these things as you encourage and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you.<A name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /></div></div> <table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="/bsb/titus/2.htm" title="Titus 2"></a> Titus 3 <a href="/bsb/philemon/1.htm" title="Philemon 1"></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div class="vheading2"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Titus 3</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/bsb/esv/titus/3.shtml" style="color:#552200" title="Parallel Chapters"></a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Heirs of Grace<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/titus/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Remind the believers to submit to rulers and authorities, to be obedient and ready for every good work, <span class="reftext"><a href="/titus/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>to malign no one, and to be peaceable and gentle, showing full consideration to everyone. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/titus/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/titus/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, <span class="reftext"><a href="/titus/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> and renewal by the Holy Spirit. <span class="reftext"><a href="/titus/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>This is the Spirit He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, <span class="reftext"><a href="/titus/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>so that, having been justified by His grace, we would become heirs with the hope of eternal life. <span class="reftext"><a href="/titus/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>This saying is trustworthy. And I want you to emphasize these things, so that those who have believed God will take care to devote themselves to good deeds. These things are excellent and profitable for the people. <p class="hdg">Avoid Divisions<br /><span class="cross">(<a hlef ="../romans/16.htm#17">Romans 16:17–20</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/titus/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, arguments, and quarrels about the law, because these things are pointless and worthless. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/titus/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Reject a divisive man after a first and second admonition, <span class="reftext"><a href="/titus/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>knowing that such a man is corrupt and sinful; he is self-condemned. <p class="hdg">Final Remarks and Greetings<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/titus/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>As soon as I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, make every effort to come to me at Nicopolis, because I have decided to winter there. <span class="reftext"><a href="/titus/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Do your best to equip Zenas the lawyer and Apollos, so that they will have everything they need. <span class="reftext"><a href="/titus/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And our people must also learn to devote themselves to good works in order to meet the pressing needs of others, so that they will not be unfruitful. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/titus/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>All who are with me send you greetings. <p class="reg"> Greet those who love us in the faith. <p class="reg"> Grace be with all of you.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <A name="fn"></a><br /><br /></p><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>of regeneration</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">15</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> BYZ and TR include <i>Amen.</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><br />The Berean Bible (<a href="http://berean.bible">www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href="http://bereanbible.com">Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2018 by <a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible Hub</a> and <a href="http://berean.bible">Berean.Bible</a>. 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