Titus 1
KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 1 of 3
Chapter Summary
1 For what end Titus was left in Crete. 6 How they that are to be chosen ministers ought to be qualified.
Key Greek Words
People & Context
Writer of the letter, a slave of God and apostle of Jesus Christ (v1).
Recipient, Paul's true child in the faith, left in Crete to appoint elders (v4-5).
The Lord and Savior named in the apostolic greeting (v1, 4).
The God who does not lie, our Savior, source of grace and peace (v1-4).
The Cretan 'prophet of their own' quoted: 'Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons' (v12).
Timeline
Paul, a slave of God and apostle of Jesus Christ, writes to Titus his true child in the common faith, extending grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
Titus 1:1-4Paul left Titus in Crete to set in order the things lacking and to appoint elders in every city according to Paul's instructions.
Titus 1:5An elder must be blameless, husband of one wife, with faithful children, not self-pleasing or prone to anger. As a steward of God he must be hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, just, holy, sensible, and clinging to the faithful Word to encourage and convict.
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