Titus 1

1Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s chosen ones and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,Cross-references: 1Chr 6:49 · John 10:26 · Acts 13:48 · Rom 1:1 · 2Cor 1:1 · Eph 2:8 · +13 more

2in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;Cross-references: Num 23:19 · 1Sam 15:29 · Prov 8:23 · Matt 25:34 · Matt 25:46 · Mark 10:17 · +39 moreExamined: Quran & the Bible →

3but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior,Cross-references: Isa 12:2 · Isa 45:15 · Isa 45:21 · Dan 8:23 · Dan 9:24 · Dan 11:27 · +29 more

4to Titus, my true child according to a common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.Cross-references: Luke 2:11 · John 4:42 · Rom 1:7 · Rom 1:12 · 2Cor 2:13 · 2Cor 4:13 · +19 more

5I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you—Cross-references: 1Chr 6:32 · Eccl 12:9 · Isa 44:7 · Acts 2:11 · Acts 11:30 · Acts 14:23 · +8 more

6if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.Cross-references: Gen 18:19 · Lev 21:7 · Lev 21:14 · 1Sam 2:11 · 1Sam 2:22 · 1Sam 2:29 · +10 more

7For the overseer must be blameless, as God’s steward, not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;Cross-references: Gen 49:6 · Lev 10:9 · Prov 14:17 · Prov 15:18 · Prov 16:32 · Prov 31:4 · +17 more

8but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober minded, fair, holy, self-controlled,Cross-references: 1Sam 18:1 · 1Ki 5:1 · 1Ki 5:7 · Ps 16:3 · Amos 5:15 · 2Cor 6:4 · +9 more

9holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict those who contradict him.Cross-references: Job 2:3 · Job 27:6 · Prov 23:23 · Acts 18:28 · 1Cor 14:24 · 1Thess 5:21 · +17 more

10For there are also many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,Cross-references: Acts 11:2 · Acts 15:1 · Acts 15:24 · Acts 20:29 · Rom 16:17 · 2Cor 11:12 · +19 more

11whose mouths must be stopped: men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain’s sake.Cross-references: Ps 63:11 · Ps 107:42 · Isa 56:10 · Jer 8:10 · Ezek 13:19 · Ezek 16:63 · +13 more

12One of them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, and idle gluttons.”Cross-references: Acts 2:11 · Acts 17:28 · Rom 16:18 · 1Tim 4:2 · 2Pet 2:12 · 2Pet 2:15 · +1 more

13This testimony is true. For this cause, reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,Cross-references: Lev 19:17 · Ps 119:80 · Ps 141:5 · Prov 27:5 · 2Cor 7:8 · 2Cor 13:10 · +5 more

14not paying attention to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.Cross-references: Isa 29:13 · Matt 15:9 · Mark 7:7 · Gal 4:9 · Col 2:22 · 1Tim 1:4 · +3 more

15To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.Cross-references: Prov 21:4 · Hag 2:13 · Zech 7:5 · Matt 15:18 · Luke 11:39 · Acts 10:15 · +13 more

16They profess that they know God, but by their deeds they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.Cross-references: Num 24:16 · 1Sam 15:22 · 1Sam 15:24 · Job 15:16 · Isa 29:13 · Isa 48:1 · +14 more