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| [1]PAULOS, a servant of Aloha, and apostle of Jeshu Meshiha, for the faith of the chosen ones of Aloha, and the knowledge of the truth which is in the fear of Aloha; |
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| [2]Unto the hope of eternal life, which Aloha the true counselled before the times of the ages, |
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| [3]And his word hath revealed in his time by our preaching, which was confided to me by the command of Aloha our Saviour: |
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| [4]To Titos, my true son in the common faith. Grace and peace from Aloha the Father and from our Lord Jeshu Meshiha our Saviour. |
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| [5]For this I left thee in Kreta, that those things which were wanting thou mayest rectify, and constitute presbyters in every city as I commanded thee. |
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| [6]Him who is without blame, and isⓘ the husband of one wife, and who hath believing children, who are not vicious nor addicted to intemperance. |
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| [7]For a presbyter is bound to be without blame, as the steward of Aloha; he shall not be led by the will of self, nor be irascible, nor a transgressor over wine, neither shall his hand be hasty to strike, nor shall he be a lover of sordid gains. |
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| [8]But he shall be a lover of guests, and a lover of the good, and be chaste, and equitable, and holy, and withholding himself from lusts; |
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| [9]And careful over the doctrine of the word of faith, that he may be able also to comfort by his teaching the healthy, and to reprove those who are contentious. |
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| [10]For there are many who are not in subjection, and whose words are vain, and make the minds of men to err, especially those of the circumcision, |
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| [11]Those, whose mouths it behoves to stop. Many houses they destroy, and teach what they ought not, for the sake of filthy gain. |
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| [12]One of them, a prophet of their own, hath said, The sons of Kreta are always liars, evil beasts, and lazy bellies. |
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| [13]And true is this testimony. Wherefore reprove them severely, that they may be sound in the faith, |
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| [14]Nor cast themselves to the fables of the Jihudoyee, and to the mandates of men who hate the truth. |
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| [15]For every thing is pure to the pure; but to those who are polluted and unfaithful nothing is pure; but their understanding and their conscience are polluted. |
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| [16]And they profess to know Aloha, but in their works they deny him, and are abominable and disobedient, and reprobate to every good work. |
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