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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Titus 1 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/titus/1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/titus/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CEV</a> > Titus 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_timothy/4.htm" title="2 Timothy 4">◄</a> Titus 1 <a href="../titus/2.htm" title="Titus 2">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><p class="par"><span class="v56_1_1"><span class="reftext" id="Titus.1.1" class="v56_1_1">1</span>From Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v56_1_1">I encourage God's own people to have more faith and to understand the truth about religion. </span><span class="v56_1_2"><span class="reftext" id="Titus.1.2" class="v56_1_2">2</span>Then they will have the hope of eternal life God promised long ago. And God never tells a lie! </span><span class="v56_1_3"><span class="reftext" id="Titus.1.3" class="v56_1_3">3</span>So, at the proper time, God our Savior gave this message and told me to announce what he had said.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v56_1_4"><span class="reftext" id="Titus.1.4" class="v56_1_4">4</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Titus.1.4!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Titus, because of our faith, you are like a son to me. I pray that God our Father and Christ Jesus our Savior will be kind to you and will bless you with peace!</span></p><h3 class="s1">What Titus Was To Do in Crete</h3><p class="par"><span class="v56_1_5"><span class="reftext" id="Titus.1.5" class="v56_1_5">5</span>I left you in Crete to do what had been left undone and to appoint leaders<a href="#fn" id="link_Titus.1.5!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> for the churches in each town. As I told you, </span><span class="v56_1_6"><span class="reftext" id="Titus.1.6" class="v56_1_6">6</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Titus.1.6!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> they must have a good reputation and be faithful in marriage.<a href="#fn" id="link_Titus.1.6!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> Their children must be followers of the Lord and not have a reputation for being wild and disobedient.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v56_1_7"><span class="reftext" id="Titus.1.7" class="v56_1_7">7</span>Church officials<a href="#fn" id="link_Titus.1.7!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> are in charge of God's work, and so they must also have a good reputation. They must not be bossy, quick-tempered, heavy drinkers, bullies, or dishonest in business. </span><span class="v56_1_8"><span class="reftext" id="Titus.1.8" class="v56_1_8">8</span>Instead, they must be friendly to strangers and enjoy doing good things. They must also be sensible, fair, pure, and self-controlled. </span><span class="v56_1_9"><span class="reftext" id="Titus.1.9" class="v56_1_9">9</span>They must stick to the true message they were taught, so their good teaching can help others and correct everyone who opposes it.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v56_1_10"><span class="reftext" id="Titus.1.10" class="v56_1_10">10</span>There are many who don't respect authority, and they fool others by talking nonsense. This is especially true of some Jewish followers. </span><span class="v56_1_11"><span class="reftext" id="Titus.1.11" class="v56_1_11">11</span>But you must make them be quiet. They are after money, and they upset whole families by teaching what they should not. </span><span class="v56_1_12"><span class="reftext" id="Titus.1.12" class="v56_1_12">12</span>It is like one of their own prophets once said,</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v56_1_12">“The people of Crete</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v56_1_12">always tell lies.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v56_1_12">They are greedy and lazy</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v56_1_12">like wild animals.”</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="par"><span class="v56_1_13"><span class="reftext" id="Titus.1.13" class="v56_1_13">13</span>This surely is a true saying. And you should be hard on such people, so you can help them grow stronger in their faith. </span><span class="v56_1_14"><span class="reftext" id="Titus.1.14" class="v56_1_14">14</span>Don't pay any attention to any of those senseless Jewish stories and human commands. These are made up by people who won't obey the truth.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v56_1_15"><span class="reftext" id="Titus.1.15" class="v56_1_15">15</span>Everything is pure for someone whose heart is pure. But nothing is pure for an unbeliever with a dirty mind. That person's mind and conscience are destroyed. </span><span class="v56_1_16"><span class="reftext" id="Titus.1.16" class="v56_1_16">16</span>Such people claim to know God, but their actions prove they really don't. They are disgusting. They won't obey God, and they are too worthless to do anything good.</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.5 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">leaders: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “elders” or “presbyters” or “priests.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.6 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">be faithful in marriage: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “be the husband of only one wife.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.7 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Church officials: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “Bishops.”</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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