Saturday, April 4, 2020

Teaching Notes 1 TIMOTHY 1 to 3

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Teaching Notes 1 TIMOTHY 1 to 3

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The first Quarantine in the USA since 1918 rages on.  I have completely lost count of the days at this point.  It is 22 or something.  I really do not know.  It has become much more confining in Georgia.  However, God is using this time to show me amazing miracles and His Amazing Grace.  And for that, I am very thankful.  We must learn to completely rely on him in good times and bad.  For all of the great strengths we rely on from day to day in the world come in one quick moment to be blown away like the grass.  

"The grass withers and the flower [fades],
    but the word of [the Lord] endures forever.”  Isaiah 40:8."

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Paul saw that the Church at Ephesus was teaching false 
doctrine and thus Paul dispatched his pupil Timothy to 

the Church at Ephesus


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l TIMOTHY

Care of the Church at Ephesus
The Pastoral Epistles

I and II Timothy and Titus are commonly called the "Pastoral
Epistles". Prevailing opinion is that they were written between
Paul’s first and second imprisonment, between 64 and 67 AD.

Timothy: A native of Lystra, Acts 16:1. His mother a Jewess, his father
a Greek. Mother's name Eunice, grandmother Lois, II Tim 1:5.
Paul's convert, I Tim 1:2. Joined Paul on his second Journey.
about 51 AD, Acts 16:3. His choice indicated of God, I Tim 1:13.
Set apart by the Elders and Paul, I Tim 4:14; II Tim 1:6. Accom-
panied Paul to Troas, Philippi, Thessalonica, Berea. Stopped at
Berea Paul sent for him to “come to Athens, Acts 17:14-15.
Then Paul sent him back to Thessalonica, I Thes 3:1-2. By the
time he returned Paul had gone to Corinth, Acts 18:5; I Thes 3:6.
Joined in writing the Thessalonian Letters, I Thes 1:1; II Thes 1:1.
Later Paul sent him from Ephesus to Corinth, I Cor 4:17. Paul
joined him in Macedonia, and he joined in the writing of II Cor,
Acts 19:22; II Cor 1:1. He part way on Paul’s journey to Jeru-
salem, Acts 20:4. 

Whether Timothy accompanied Paul all the way to
Jerusalem and Rome is not stated, but he appears with Paul in
Rome, Pps 1:1; 2:19—22; Çol 1:1; Pln 1.  Later Timothy is in Ephesus,
where this Epistle is addressed to him. Is urged to come to Rome.
II Tim 4:9. Whether he reached Rome before Paul's death is not
known. Is mentioned in Heb 13:23 as having been released from
prison. He was timid and retiring by nature, not well fitted
as Titus for handling trouble-makers. Was not in the best of
health, I Tim 5:23. He and Luke were Paul’s two most constant
companions. Paul loved him devotedly, and was lonesome without
him. Tradition says that after Paul’s death his work was the care
of the Ephesian church, and that he suffered martyrdom under
Nerva or Domitian. This would make him a co-worker with the
Apostle John.

Ephesus

Ephesus [Western Turkey]
was where Paul had done his greatest Work, about 54-57
AD, Acts 19. Some four years after he had left Ephesus, from
his Roman imprisonment, he had written the Epistle to the
Church at Ephesus, about 62 AD.  A little later, probably
about 65 AD, he addressed this Epistle to Timothy about the
work in Ephesus. Later Ephesus became the home of John, where
he wrote his Gospel, his Epistles, and the book of Revelation.
[Many believe Revelation was written on the Isle of Patmos].

“Occasion” of the Epistle. When Paul bade the Ephesian elders
farewell he told them that they would not see his face again,
Acts 20:25. But, it Seems, his long imprisonment changed his
plans, and, some six or seven years later, after release from the
Roman prison, he did re-visit Ephesus. Passing on to Macedonia,
he left Timothy at Ephesus, expecting himself soon to return,
I Tim 1:3; 3:14. Being detained in Macedonia longer than he had
planned, 3:15, he wrote this Letter of instruction about the work
that Timothy was to do.

The Church at Ephesus.  From the narrative in Acts 19, it
appears that Paul had made a vast multitude of Christian con-
verts. In the intervening years the number of converts had con-
tinued to grow. Within the following fifty years Christians in
Asia Minor had become so numerous that the heathen temples
were almost forsaken. Within the Apostolic generation Ephesus
became the numerical, as well as geographical, center of Christen-
dom, the region where Christianity won its quickest Laurels.

The Church Situation. There were no church buildings. Houses
for Christian worship did not begin to be built till two hundred
years after the days of Paul, and were not general till Constantine
put an end to the persecutions of Christians. In Paul’s day
churches met, mostly, in the homes of the Christian people. Thus,
the scores of thousands of Christians, in and around Ephesus,
met, not in one, or a few, great central congregations, but in
hundreds of small groups in various homes, each congregation
under its own pastoral leadership.

The Pastors. There must have been hundreds of them. In Acts
20:17 they are called “elders”. In 1 Timothy they are called
“bishops”, 3:1: different names for same office.

Timothy's Work was primarily with these pastors, or congrega-
tional leaders. There were no seminaries to supply Paul with
trained pastors. He had to develop his pastors out of. his converts.
 Sometimes he got brilliant men; but probably most of his pastors
were from the ordinary walks of life. He had to do the best he
he could .with available material. Without seminaries, without church
buildings, and in spite of persecution, the church made more
rapid progress than at any time since, because it had to keep its
mind on the essentials rather than the superficials of. Christianity.

Review of the Book of Timothy 

Chapter I. False Teachers

The False Teachers", 3-11. Paul had forewarned, when he left
Ephesus, seven years. before, that grievous wolves would ravage
the Ephesian flock of Christians, Acts 20:29-30. Now they had
appeared in full force, and constituted Timothy's main problem.
They appear to have been the same brand as those in Crete with
whom Titus had to deal, basing strange teachings on apocryphal
Jewish legends connected with OT genealogies.

Paul's Sinfulness, 12-17. The one man who had done more for
Christ. possibly, than all others combined, yet bowed to the
depths with feelings of unworthiness. The closer the walk with
Christ, the deeper the sense of humility. He regarded his con
version as intended of God to be an everlasting example of
God’s longsuffering to wayward men.

Hymenaeus and Alexander, 19-20, two ring-leaders of the false
teachers, from whom, in his Apostolic authority; Paul had with
drawn church membership “delivered to Satan", 20: probably
‘the same Alexander, I Tim 4:14, who later went to Rome to
 testify against Paul, and possibly the one who earlier had been
Paul’s devoted friend.                                        '

Chapter 2. Prayer. The Place of Women

Prayer for Rulers, 1-8. Nero was at that time ruler of the
Roman Empire, under whom Paul had been imprisoned and was
soon to be executed. This shows that prayers and intercessions
should be made for bad rulers as well as good.

The Place of Women in Church, 9-15. See on I Cor 11:5-15;
14:34-35. The caution here is against the overdoing of display of
dress, especially in Christian worship; and also against becoming
too much like men. In heaven there will be no sex, Matt. 22:30;
but in this world there is a natural difference between the sexes
which it is best not to override. “Saved through her child-bear-
mg", 15, probably refers to the birth of Jesus, who was born of
a woman without the agency of “man. Even if sin did come into
the world through woman, 14, “so am the Savior”.

Chapter 3. Bishops and Deacons

Their Qualifications, 1-16. Probably intended as an ideal, not
a legal enactment. “One wife”, 2, probably meant to exclude, not
single men, but polygamists. Paul was a single man, I Cor 7:8.
“Women", 11, probably meaning deaconesses. “Pillar of the
truth", 15: except for the Church Christ’s name would disappear.

Verse 13 is thought to have been a fragment of a Christian hymn. 

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Overview of the Book of 1 Timothy 

From The Bible Project

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1 Timothy

1 Timothy 1 New International Version (NIV)

1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,

2 To Timothy my true son in the faith:

Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

Timothy Charged to Oppose False Teachers

3 As I urged you when I went into Macedonia, stay there in Ephesus so that you may command certain people not to teach false doctrines any longer 4 or to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies. Such things promote controversial speculations rather than advancing God’s work—which is by faith. 5 The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. 6 Some have departed from these and have turned to meaningless talk. 7 They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not know what they are talking about or what they so confidently affirm.

8 We know that the law is good if one uses it properly.



9 We also know that the law is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, 10 for the sexually immoral, for those practicing homosexuality, for slave traders and liars and perjurers—and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine 11 that conforms to the gospel concerning the glory of the blessed God, which he entrusted to me.

The Lord’s Grace to Paul

12 I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he considered me trustworthy, appointing me to his service. 13 Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief. 14 The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.



15 Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst. 16 But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience as an example for those who would believe in him and receive eternal life. 



17 Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

The Charge to Timothy Renewed

18 Timothy, my son, I am giving you this command in keeping with the prophecies once made about you, so that by recalling them you may fight the battle well, 19 holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and so have suffered shipwreck with regard to the faith. 20 Among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme.

1 Timothy 2 New International Version (NIV)

Instructions on Worship




2 I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people— 2 for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. 3 This is good, and pleases God our Savior, 4 who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. 



5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave himself as a ransom for all people. This has now been witnessed to at the proper time. 7 And for this purpose I was appointed a herald and an apostle—I am telling the truth, I am not lying—and a true and faithful teacher of the Gentiles.

8 Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or disputing. 




9 I also want the women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, adorning themselves, not with elaborate hairstyles or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, 10 but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God.

11 A woman[a] should learn in quietness and full submission. 12 I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man;[b] she must be quiet. 13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve. 14 And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner. 15 But women[c] will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith, love and holiness with propriety.

1 Timothy 3 New International Version (NIV)

Qualifications for Overseers and Deacons

3 Here is a trustworthy saying: 



Whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble task. 2 Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, 3 not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. 4 He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him, and he must do so in a manner worthy of full[a] respect. 5 (If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church?) 6 He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same judgment as the devil. 7 He must also have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the devil’s trap.



8 In the same way, deacons[b] are to be worthy of respect, sincere, not indulging in much wine, and not pursuing dishonest gain. 9 They must keep hold of the deep truths of the faith with a clear conscience. 10 They must first be tested; and then if there is nothing against them, let them serve as deacons.

11 In the same way, the women[c] are to be worthy of respect, not malicious talkers but temperate and trustworthy in everything.

12 A deacon must be faithful to his wife and must manage his children and his household well. 13 Those who have served well gain an excellent standing and great assurance in their faith in Christ Jesus.

Reasons for Paul’s Instructions

14 Although I hope to come to you soon, I am writing you these instructions so that, 15 if I am delayed, you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth. 



16 Beyond all question, the mystery from which true godliness springs is great:

He appeared in the flesh,
    was vindicated by the Spirit,[d]
was seen by angels,
    was preached among the nations,
was believed on in the world,
    was taken up in glory.

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Thursday, April 2, 2020

Teaching Notes TITUS 2 and 3

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Teaching Notes TITUS 2 and 3

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Traveling Companion of Paul
Assisted Building Churches on
the Island of Crete
Birth Unknown 1st Century.
Died. 96AD to 107AD on
Crete according to Eusebius

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It is Day 21 of the COVID-19 Quarantine.  This has not happened since 1918 in Georgia.

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Titus 2 and 3

Chapters 2 and 3. Good Works














The grand emphasis of this Book is “Good Works”. Not that
we are saved by good works, but by His Mercy, 3:5, and justified
by His Grace, 3:7. But because of this we are under strict obliga-
tion to be “zealous of good works", 2:14; “an example of good
works", 2:7; “ready unto every good work, 3:1; “be careful to
maintain good works”, 3:8; “maintain good works for necessary
uses", 3:14. One of the indictments of the false teachers was that
they were ”unto every good work reprobate", 1:16.




The Power of Beautiful Lives, 2: 1-14. Aged men, aged women,
young women, mothers, young men, and slaves are exhorted to
be so faithful to the natural obligations of their own station in
life that critics of their religion would be silenced, 2:8.

Slaves, of whom there were many in the early Church, are
exhorted to be so obedient, diligent, and faithful that their lives
would “adorn” their religious profession 2:10, and their heathen
masters would be constrained to think, “If that is what the Christ
ian religion does for slaves, there must be something to it”.

The Blessed Hope, 2:11-14. The Lord’s Coming Again supplies
the motive to godly living in this present world. It is mentioned
ìn almost “everyone of the NT books.

Obedience to Civil Authorities, 3:1-2, is a prime Christian virtue.
Citizens of heaven should be good citizens of the earthly govern—
ment under which they live. Rom 18:1-7; I Pet 2:13-17.

The Genealogies, 3:9, referred to here and in I Tim 1:4, seem to
quite prominently  in  the  doctrine of the false have figured
teachers who were at that time infesting ‘the churches of Crete
and Ephesus. Possibly they were basing their claims for their
teaching on Davidic ancestry and kinship to Jesus, with inside
information on  the  Gospel.  Or teaching  strange  doctrines.
grounded on abstruse interpretations of passages in genealogies.

 “Heretic”, 3:10, . After a reasonable effort to set a false  teacher 
right,  avoid  him.  “Artemas”,  3:12, is nowhere else mentioned. 
Tradition says he became bishop of Lystra. “Tychicus”, 12, 
was  of Asia, Acts 20:4. Either he  or Artemas was to take Titus'
position in Crete. “Nicopolis”, 12, in Greece, about 100 miles
NW of  Corinth. See note on Paul's Later Movements under
Acts 28:31. “Zenas”, (the lawyer) 13, mentioned nowhere
else. He was either a Jewish scribe or a Greek civil lawyer.
“Apollos”, 13, see on Acts 18. It seems that he and Zenas,
on a journey to some unknown destination,

bore this letter to Titus.


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Overview of the Book of Titus
From The Bible Project


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Titus 2 New International Version (NIV)

Doing Good for the Sake of the Gospel

2 You, however, must teach what is appropriate to sound doctrine. 2 Teach the older men to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love and in endurance.



3 Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. 4 Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children, 5 to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.

6 Similarly, encourage the young men to be self-controlled. 7 In everything set them an example by doing what is good. In your teaching show integrity, seriousness 8 and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us.

9 Teach slaves to be subject to their masters in everything, to try to please them, not to talk back to them, 10 and not to steal from them, but to show that they can be fully trusted, so that in every way they will make the teaching about God our Savior attractive.

11 For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. 12 It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, 13 while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, 14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.

15 These, then, are the things you should teach. Encourage and rebuke with all authority. Do not let anyone despise you.

Titus 3 New International Version (NIV)

Saved in Order to Do Good



3 Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good, 2 to slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate, and always to be gentle toward everyone.

3 At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. 4 But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared,



5 he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, 6 whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life. 8 This is a trustworthy saying. And I want you to stress these things, so that those who have trusted in God may be careful to devote themselves to doing what is good. These things are excellent and profitable for everyone.
9 But avoid foolish controversies and genealogies and arguments and quarrels about the law, because these are unprofitable and useless. 10 Warn a divisive person once, and then warn them a second time. After that, have nothing to do with them. 11 You may be sure that such people are warped and sinful; they are self-condemned.

Final Remarks

12 As soon as I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, because I have decided to winter there. 13 Do everything you can to help Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way and see that they have everything they need. 14 Our people must learn to devote themselves to doing what is good, in order to provide for urgent needs and not live unproductive lives.
15 Everyone with me sends you greetings. Greet those who love us in the faith.

Grace be with you all.

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Teaching Notes TITUS 1

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Teaching Notes TITUS 1

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Traveling Companion of Paul
Assisted Building Churches on
the Island of Crete
Birth Unknown 1st Century.
Died. 96AD to 107AD on
Crete according to Eusebius

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Appointment of Elders to the Church in Crete

Similar to I Timothy. Titus and I Timothy
were written about the same time, around 65 AD. 

Both deal with the same general subject: the appointment 
of proper leaders: Titus in Crete, Timothy in Ephesus.
The problem with Church leaders and Elders in both places
very much the same. 

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Crete













An island, also known as Candia, SE of Greece, on the border
seas, about 150 miles long between the Aegean and Mediterranean
were fertile and 7 to 30 wide. Mountainous, but its valleys
populous and rich; the “island of a hundred cities". The seat of
an ancient and powerful civilization that had already become
legendary at the dawn of Greek history. Its highest mountain,
Mt Ida, was famous as the legendary birthplace of the Greek















god Zeus. Home of the half-mythical lawgiver Minos, son of
Zeus, and of the fabulous Minotaur. The people were akin to
the Philistines, thought to have been identical with the Chere—
thites, I Sam 30:14. Daring sailors and famous bowmen, with a

very bad moral reputation. 

















Concerning the Churches of Crete
                            
Titus was a Greek, who accompanied Paul to Jerusalem, whose
circumcision Paul steadfastly resisted, Gal. 223-5. One of Paul's
converts, Tit 1:4.

Some years later he appears with Paul in Ephesus, and is sent
to Corinth to look after certain disorders, and to initiate the
offering for the poor saints in Jerusalem, II Cor 816,10. Returning
from Corinth, he meets Paul in Macedonia, and, after explaining
the situation to Paul, he is then sent back to Corinth, ahead of
Paul, bearing the Second Epistle to the Corinthians, to pave the
way for Paul’s coming, and to complete the offering, II Cor
2:3,12,13; 7:5,6,13,14; 8:16,17,18,23; 12:14,18. The fact that Titus
was chosen to look after the troubling situation in Corinth
indicates that Paul must have considered him a very capable,
wise, and tactful Christian leader.

The next we hear of Titus, some 7 or 8 years later, is in the
Epistle to Titus, about 65 AD. Titus is in Crete. The expression
"left in Crete", Tit 1:5, shows that Paul had been there with him.
Paul’s ship, in his voyage to Rome, Acts 27, touched on the S
shore of Crete, but it is scarcely likely that that could have been
the time when he left Titus there. The prevailing opinion is that,
after Paul’s release from his first imprisonment in Rome about
63 AD, he returned east, including Crete in his itinerary.  After
setting the Cretan churches in order, Titus is to be replaced by
Artemas or Tychicus, and Titus is asked to rejoin Paul in Nicopolis,
in Western Greece, Tit 3:12.

The last notice of Titus is in II Tim 4:10, where it is said that
he had gone from Rome to Dalmatia. Evidently he had rejoined
Paul, and was with him when arrested, accompanying him to
Rome.  Whether he abandoned Paul in that dark and lonely hour
because of threatening dangers, or Paul sent him to finish the
evangelization of the coast NW of Greece, we do not know.
Tradition says that Titus became bishop of Crete, and died
peaceably at an advanced age.   [History by Eusebius]

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The False Teachers, Titus 1:10-16. The Cretan churches were beset
with false teachers who, like those spoken of in II Pet 2 and Jude,
while professing to be Christian teachers, were “abominable" and
“reprobate”, 1: 16. The quotation from the Cretan poet, 12, is from
 Epimenides 600 B C. 

“Cretans are always liars, evil brutes, lazy gluttons.”

The "mouths" of the false teachers were t'o
 be stopped, not by force, but by vigorous proclamation of the
 truth, 11. “Whole houses" probably means whole congregations,

 For churches then met in family homes.

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Overview of the Book of Titus
From The Bible Project


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Paul Ordaining Titus on Crete.

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Titus 1 New International Version

1 Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ to further the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness— 2 in the hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the beginning of time, 3 and which now at his appointed season he has brought to light through the preaching entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior,

4 To Titus, my true son in our common faith:

Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

Appointing Elders Who Love What Is Good

5 The reason I left you in Crete was that you might put in order what was left unfinished and appoint[a] elders in every town, as I directed you. 6 An elder must be blameless, faithful to his wife, a man whose children believe[b] and are not open to the charge of being wild and disobedient. 7 Since an overseer manages God’s household, he must be blameless—not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain. 8 Rather, he must be hospitable, one who loves what is good, who is self-controlled, upright, holy and disciplined. 9 He must hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine and refute those who oppose it.

Rebuking Those Who Fail to Do Good

10 For there are many rebellious people, full of meaningless talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision group. 11 They must be silenced, because they are disrupting whole households by teaching things they ought not to teach—and that for the sake of dishonest gain. 12 One of Crete’s own prophets has said it: “Cretans are always liars, evil brutes, lazy gluttons.”[c] 13 This saying is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, so that they will be sound in the faith 14 and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the merely human commands of those who reject the truth. 15 To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure. In fact, both their minds and consciences are corrupted. 16 They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him. They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good.

Footnotes:

Titus 1:5 Or ordain
Titus 1:6 Or children are trustworthy

Titus 1:12 From the Cretan philosopher Epimenides

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Titus 1

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