提多书

第一章

问安
1 　神的仆人、耶稣基督的使徒保罗（这是为着　神选民的信心，和那合乎敬虔真理的知识；
2 这都是根据永生的盼望，这永生就是没有谎言的　神在万世以前所应许的。
3 到了适当的时候，　神就借着福音的宣讲，把他的道显明出来。照着　神我们救主的命令，这宣讲的使命交托了我），
4 写信给提多，就是那在共同的信仰上作我真儿子的。愿恩惠平安从父　神和我们的救主基督耶稣临到你。

提多在克里特的工作
5 我从前留你在克里特岛，是要你办好没有办完的事，并且照我所吩咐的，在各城设立长老。
6 如果有人无可指摘，只作一个妻子的丈夫，儿女都信主，也没有人控告他们放荡或不受约束，才可以作长老。
7 因为监督是　神的管家，所以必须无可指摘、不任性、不随便动怒、不好酒、不打人、不贪不义之财；
8 却要接待客旅、喜爱良善、自律、公正、圣洁、自制，
9 坚守那合乎教义、可靠的真道，好使他能够用纯正的道理劝勉人，并且能够折服反对的人。
10 因为有许多不受约束、好讲空话和欺骗人的，尤其是那些守割礼的人，
11 他们为了可耻的利益，教训一些不应该教导的事，败坏人的全家，你务要堵住他们的嘴。
12 有一个克里特本地的先知说过：“克里特人是常常说谎的，是恶兽，好吃懒作。”
13 这见证是真的。为了这缘故，你要严厉地责备他们，好使他们在信仰上健全，
14 不再理会犹太人的无稽之谈和偏离正道的人的规条。
15 在清洁的人，一切都是清洁的；但在污秽和不信的人，没有一样是清洁的，连他们的意念和良心都污秽了。
16 他们声称认识　神，却在行为上否认他。他们是可憎的、悖逆的，在各样的善事上，是毫无用处的。

Titus

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1 Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of God's elect and the knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness--
2 a faith and knowledge resting on the hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the beginning of time,
3 and at his appointed season he brought his word 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.
5 The reason I left you in Crete was that you might straighten out what was left unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.
6 An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, a man whose children believe and are not open to the charge of being wild and disobedient.
7 Since an overseer is entrusted with God's work, 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.
10 For there are many rebellious people, mere talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision group.
11 They must be silenced, because they are ruining whole households by teaching things they ought not to teach--and that for the sake of dishonest gain.
12 Even one of their own prophets has said, "Cretans are always liars, evil brutes, lazy gluttons."
13 This testimony 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 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.