GNT

1 παῦλος δοῦλος θεοῦ, ἀπόστολος δὲ ἰησοῦ χριστοῦ κατὰ πίστιν ἐκλεκτῶν θεοῦ καὶ ἐπίγνωσιν ἀληθείας τῆς κατ᾽ εὐσέβειαν

2 ἐπ᾽ ἐλπίδι ζωῆς αἰωνίου, ἣν ἐπηγγείλατο ὁ ἀψευδὴς θεὸς πρὸ χρόνων αἰωνίων,

3 ἐφανέρωσεν δὲ καιροῖς ἰδίοις τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ ἐν κηρύγματι ὃ ἐπιστεύθην ἐγὼ κατ᾽ ἐπιταγὴν τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν θεοῦ,

4 τίτῳ γνησίῳ τέκνῳ κατὰ κοινὴν πίστιν· χάρις καὶ εἰρήνη ἀπὸ θεοῦ πατρὸς καὶ χριστοῦ ἰησοῦ τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν.

5 τούτου χάριν ἀπέλιπόν σε ἐν κρήτῃ, ἵνα τὰ λείποντα ἐπιδιορθώσῃ καὶ καταστήσῃς κατὰ πόλιν πρεσβυτέρους, ὡς ἐγώ σοι διεταξάμην,

6 εἴ τίς ἐστιν ἀνέγκλητος, μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἀνήρ, τέκνα ἔχων πιστά, μὴ ἐν κατηγορίᾳ ἀσωτίας ἢ ἀνυπότακτα.

7 δεῖ γὰρ τὸν ἐπίσκοπον ἀνέγκλητον εἶναι ὡς θεοῦ οἰκονόμον, μὴ αὐθάδη, μὴ ὀργίλον, μὴ πάροινον, μὴ πλήκτην, μὴ αἰσχροκερδῆ,

8 ἀλλὰ φιλόξενον, φιλάγαθον, σώφρονα, δίκαιον, ὅσιον, ἐγκρατῆ,

9 ἀντεχόμενον τοῦ κατὰ τὴν διδαχὴν πιστοῦ λόγου, ἵνα δυνατὸς ᾖ καὶ παρακαλεῖν ἐν τῇ διδασκαλίᾳ τῇ ὑγιαινούσῃ καὶ τοὺς ἀντιλέγοντας ἐλέγχειν.

10 εἰσὶν γὰρ πολλοὶ [καὶ] ἀνυπότακτοι, ματαιολόγοι καὶ φρεναπάται, μάλιστα οἱ ἐκ τῆς περιτομῆς,

11 οὓς δεῖ ἐπιστομίζειν, οἵτινες ὅλους οἴκους ἀνατρέπουσιν διδάσκοντες ἃ μὴ δεῖ αἰσχροῦ κέρδους χάριν.

12 εἶπέν τις ἐξ αὐτῶν, ἴδιος αὐτῶν προφήτης, κρῆτες ἀεὶ ψεῦσται, κακὰ θηρία, γαστέρες ἀργαί.

13 ἡ μαρτυρία αὕτη ἐστὶν ἀληθής. δι᾽ ἣν αἰτίαν ἔλεγχε αὐτοὺς ἀποτόμως, ἵνα ὑγιαίνωσιν ἐν τῇ πίστει,

14 μὴ προσέχοντες ἰουδαϊκοῖς μύθοις καὶ ἐντολαῖς ἀνθρώπων ἀποστρεφομένων τὴν ἀλήθειαν.

15 πάντα καθαρὰ τοῖς καθαροῖς· τοῖς δὲ μεμιαμμένοις καὶ ἀπίστοις οὐδὲν καθαρόν, ἀλλὰ μεμίανται αὐτῶν καὶ ὁ νοῦς καὶ ἡ συνείδησις.

16 θεὸν ὁμολογοῦσιν εἰδέναι, τοῖς δὲ ἔργοις ἀρνοῦνται, βδελυκτοὶ ὄντες καὶ ἀπειθεῖς καὶ πρὸς πᾶν ἔργον ἀγαθὸν ἀδόκιμοι.

KJV

1  Paul,³⁹⁷² a servant¹⁴⁰¹ of God,²³¹⁶ and¹¹⁶¹ an apostle⁶⁵² of Jesus²⁴²⁴ Christ,⁵⁵⁴⁷ according²⁵⁹⁶ to the faith⁴¹⁰² of God's²³¹⁶ elect,¹⁵⁸⁸ and²⁵³² the acknowledging¹⁹²² of the truth²²⁵ which³⁵⁸⁸ is after²⁵⁹⁶ godliness;²¹⁵⁰

2  In¹⁹⁰⁹ hope¹⁶⁸⁰ of eternal¹⁶⁶ life,²²²² which³⁷³⁹ God,²³¹⁶ that cannot lie,⁸⁹³ promised¹⁸⁶¹ before⁴²⁵³ the world began;^{166 5550}

3  But¹¹⁶¹ hath in due²³⁹⁸ times²⁵⁴⁰ manifested⁵³¹⁹ his⁸⁴⁸ word³⁰⁵⁶ through¹⁷²² preaching,²⁷⁸² which³⁷³⁹ is committed⁴¹⁰⁰ unto me¹⁴⁷³ according²⁵⁹⁶ to the commandment²⁰⁰³ of God²³¹⁶ our²²⁵⁷ Savior;⁴⁹⁹⁰

4  To Titus,⁵¹⁰³ mine own¹¹⁰³ son⁵⁰⁴³ after²⁵⁹⁶ the common²⁸³⁹ faith:⁴¹⁰² Grace,⁵⁴⁸⁵ mercy,¹⁶⁵⁶ and peace,¹⁵¹⁵ from⁵⁷⁵ God²³¹⁶ the Father³⁹⁶² and²⁵³² the Lord²⁹⁶² Jesus²⁴²⁴ Christ⁵⁵⁴⁷ our²²⁵⁷ Savior.⁴⁹⁹⁰

5  For this cause^{5484 5127} left²⁶⁴¹ I thee⁴⁵⁷¹ in¹⁷²² Crete,²⁹¹⁴ that²⁴⁴³ thou shouldest set in order¹⁹³⁰ the things that are wanting,³⁰⁰⁷ and²⁵³² ordain²⁵²⁵ elders⁴²⁴⁵ in every city,^{2596 4172} as⁵⁶¹³ I¹⁴⁷³ had appointed¹²⁹⁹ thee:⁴⁶⁷¹

6  If any¹⁵³⁶ be²⁰⁷⁶ blameless,⁴¹⁰ the husband⁴³⁵ of one³³⁹¹ wife,¹¹³⁵ having²¹⁹² faithful⁴¹⁰³ children⁵⁰⁴³ not³³⁶¹ accused^{1722 2724} of riot⁸¹⁰ or²²²⁸ unruly.⁵⁰⁶

7  For¹⁰⁶³ a bishop¹⁹⁸⁵ must¹¹⁶³ be¹⁵¹¹ blameless,⁴¹⁰ as⁵⁶¹³ the steward³⁶²³ of God;²³¹⁶ not³³⁶¹ self-willed,⁸²⁹ not³³⁶¹ soon angry,³⁷¹¹ not³³⁶¹ given to wine,³⁹⁴³ no³³⁶¹ striker,⁴¹³¹ not³³⁶¹ given to filthy lucre;¹⁴⁶

8  But²³⁵ a lover of hospitality,⁵³⁸² a lover of good men,⁵³⁵⁸ sober,⁴⁹⁹⁸ just,¹³⁴² holy,³⁷⁴¹ temperate;¹⁴⁶⁸

9  Holding fast⁴⁷² the³⁵⁸⁸ faithful⁴¹⁰³ word³⁰⁵⁶ as he hath been taught,^{2596 1322} that²⁴⁴³ he may be⁵⁶⁰⁰ able¹⁴¹⁵ by¹⁷²² sound⁵¹⁹⁸ doctrine¹³¹⁹ both²⁵³² to exhort³⁸⁷⁰ and²⁵³² to convince¹⁶⁵¹ the³⁵⁸⁸ gainsayers.⁴⁸³

10  For¹⁰⁶³ there are¹⁵²⁶ many⁴¹⁸³ unruly^{2532 506} and vain talkers³¹⁵¹ and²⁵³² deceivers,⁵⁴²³ especially³¹²² they³⁵⁸⁸ of¹⁵³⁷ the circumcision:⁴⁰⁶¹

11  Whose³⁷³⁹ mouths must be stopped,^{1993 1163} who³⁷⁴⁸ subvert³⁹⁶ whole³⁶⁵⁰ houses,³⁶²⁴ teaching¹³²¹ things which³⁷³⁹ they ought¹¹⁶³ not,³³⁶¹ for filthy lucre's sake.^{5484 150 2771}

12  One⁵¹⁰⁰ of¹⁵³⁷ themselves,⁸⁴⁶ even a prophet⁴³⁹⁶ of their⁸⁴⁶ own,²³⁹⁸ said,²⁰³⁶ The Cretians²⁹¹² are always¹⁰⁴ liars,⁵⁵⁸³ evil²⁵⁵⁶ beasts,²³⁴² slow⁶⁹² bellies.¹⁰⁶⁴

13  This³⁷⁷⁸ witness³¹⁴¹ is²⁰⁷⁶ true.²²⁷ Wherefore^{1223 3739 156} rebuke¹⁶⁵¹ them⁸⁴⁶ sharply,⁶⁶⁴ that²⁴⁴³ they may be sound⁵¹⁹⁸ in¹⁷²² the³⁵⁸⁸ faith;⁴¹⁰²

14  Not³³⁶¹ giving heed⁴³³⁷ to Jewish²⁴⁵¹ fables,³⁴⁵⁴ and²⁵³² commandments¹⁷⁸⁵ of men,⁴⁴⁴ that turn from⁶⁵⁴ the³⁵⁸⁸ truth.²²⁵

15  Unto the³⁵⁸⁸ pure²⁵¹³ all things³⁹⁵⁶ are³³⁰³ pure:²⁵¹³ but¹¹⁶¹ unto them³⁵⁸⁸ that are defiled³³⁹² and²⁵³² unbelieving⁵⁷¹ is nothing³⁷⁶² pure;²⁵¹³ but²³⁵ even²⁵³² their⁸⁴⁶ mind³⁵⁶³ and²⁵³² conscience⁴⁸⁹³ is defiled.³³⁹²

16  They profess³⁶⁷⁰ that they know¹⁴⁹² God;²³¹⁶ but¹¹⁶¹ in works²⁰⁴¹ they deny⁷²⁰ him, being⁵⁶⁰⁷ abominable,⁹⁴⁷ and²⁵³² disobedient,⁵⁴⁵ and²⁵³² unto⁴³¹⁴ every³⁹⁵⁶ good¹⁸ work²⁰⁴¹ reprobate.⁹⁶

Vul

1 Paulus servus Dei, Apostolus autem Jesu Christi secundum fidem electorum Dei, et agnitionem veritatis, quæ secundum pietatem est

2 in spem vitæ æternæ, quam promisit qui non mentitur, Deus, ante tempora sæcularia:

3 manifestavit autem temporibus suis verbum suum in prædicatione, quæ credita est mihi secundum præceptum Salvatoris nostri Dei:

4 Tito dilecto filio secundum communem fidem, gratia, et pax a Deo Patre, et Christo Jesu Salvatore nostro.

5 Hujus rei gratia reliqui te Cretæ, ut ea quæ desunt, corrigas, et constituas per civitates presbyteros, sicut et ego disposui tibi,

6 si quis sine crimine est, unius uxoris vir, filios habens fideles, non in accusatione luxuriæ, aut non subditos.

7 Oportet enim episcopum sine crimine esse, sicut Dei dispensatorem: non superbum, non iracundum, non vinolentum, non percussorem, non turpis lucri cupidum:

8 sed hospitalem, benignum, sobrium, justum, sanctum, continentem,

9 amplectentem eum, qui secundum doctrinam est, fidelem sermonem: ut potens sit exhortari in doctrina sana, et eos qui contradicunt, arguere.

10 Sunt enim multi etiam inobedientes, vaniloqui, et seductores: maxime qui de circumcisione sunt:

11 quos oportet redargui: qui universas domos subvertunt, docentes quæ non oportet, turpis lucri gratia.

12 Dixit quidam ex illis, proprius ipsorum propheta: Cretenses semper mendaces, malæ bestiæ, ventres pigri.

13 Testimonium hoc verum est. Quam ob causam increpa illos dure, ut sani sint in fide,

14 non intendentes judaicis fabulis, et mandatis hominum, aversantium se a veritate.

15 Omnia munda mundis: coinquinatis autem et infidelibus, nihil est mundum, sed inquinatæ sunt eorum et mens et conscientia.

16 Confitentur se nosse Deum, factis autem negant: cum sint abominati, et incredibiles, et ad omne opus bonum reprobi.