提多書

第一章

問安
1 　神的僕人、耶穌基督的使徒保羅（這是為着　神選民的信心，和那合乎敬虔真理的知識；
2 這都是根據永生的盼望，這永生就是沒有謊言的　神在萬世以前所應許的。
3 到了適當的時候，　神就借着福音的宣講，把他的道顯明出來。照着　神我們救主的命令，這宣講的使命交託了我），
4 寫信給提多，就是那在共同的信仰上作我真兒子的。願恩惠平安從父　神和我們的救主基督耶穌臨到你。

提多在克里特的工作
5 我從前留你在克里特島，是要你辦好沒有辦完的事，並且照我所吩咐的，在各城設立長老。
6 如果有人無可指摘，只作一個妻子的丈夫，兒女都信主，也沒有人控告他們放蕩或不受約束，才可以作長老。
7 因為監督是　神的管家，所以必須無可指摘、不任性、不隨便動怒、不好酒、不打人、不貪不義之財；
8 卻要接待客旅、喜愛良善、自律、公正、聖潔、自製，
9 堅守那合乎教義、可靠的真道，好使他能夠用純正的道理勸勉人，並且能夠折服反對的人。
10 因為有許多不受約束、好講空話和欺騙人的，尤其是那些守割禮的人，
11 他們為了可恥的利益，教訓一些不應該教導的事，敗壞人的全家，你務要堵住他們的嘴。
12 有一個克里特本地的先知說過：“克里特人是常常說謊的，是惡獸，好吃懶作。”
13 這見證是真的。為了這緣故，你要嚴厲地責備他們，好使他們在信仰上健全，
14 不再理會猶太人的無稽之談和偏離正道的人的規條。
15 在清潔的人，一切都是清潔的；但在污穢和不信的人，沒有一樣是清潔的，連他們的意念和良心都污穢了。
16 他們聲稱認識　神，卻在行為上否認他。他們是可憎的、悖逆的，在各樣的善事上，是毫無用處的。

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.