\id TIT - American Standard Version (Byzantine Text with Apocrypha) \h Titus \toc1 The Epistle of Paul to Titus \toc2 Titus \toc3 Tit. \mt2 THE EPISTLE OF PAUL TO \mt1 TITUS \c 1 \p \v 1 \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w servant|strong="G1401"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* apostle \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w elect|strong="G1588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w knowledge|strong="G1922"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* truth \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w godliness|strong="G2150"\w*, \v 2 \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* eternal \w life|strong="G2222"\w*, \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* cannot lie, \w promised|strong="G1861"\w* \w before|strong="G4253"\w* \w times|strong="G5550"\w* eternal; 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\v 6 \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w any|strong="G5100"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* blameless, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* husband \w of|strong="G1520"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w*, \w having|strong="G2192"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w* \w that|strong="G1487"\w* \w believe|strong="G4103"\w*, \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w accused|strong="G2724"\w* \w of|strong="G1520"\w* riot \w or|strong="G2228"\w* unruly. \v 7 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w bishop|strong="G1985"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* blameless, \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w steward|strong="G3623"\w*; \w not|strong="G3361"\w* self-willed, \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w soon|strong="G5613"\w* \w angry|strong="G3711"\w*, \w no|strong="G3361"\w* brawler, \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w striker|strong="G4131"\w*, \w not|strong="G3361"\w* greedy \w of|strong="G2316"\w* filthy lucre; 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\w men|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* overthrow \w whole|strong="G3650"\w* \w houses|strong="G3624"\w*, \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \w things|strong="G3739"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G3739"\w* \w ought|strong="G1163"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w*, \w for|strong="G3361"\w* filthy lucre’s \w sake|strong="G5484"\w*. \v 12 \w One|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w themselves|strong="G2398"\w*, \w a|strong="G1537"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w their|strong="G2398"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w*, \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, \q1 \w Cretans|strong="G2912"\w* \w are|strong="G4396"\w* always \w liars|strong="G5583"\w*, \w evil|strong="G2556"\w* \w beasts|strong="G2342"\w*, idle \w gluttons|strong="G1064"\w*. \m \v 13 \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w testimony|strong="G3141"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*. \w For|strong="G1223"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w cause|strong="G1223"\w* \w reprove|strong="G1651"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* sharply, \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w may|strong="G2443"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w sound|strong="G5198"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*, \v 14 \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w giving|strong="G4337"\w* \w heed|strong="G4337"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2451"\w* \w fables|strong="G3454"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w commandments|strong="G1785"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* turn away \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* truth. \v 15 \w To|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w pure|strong="G2513"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w indeed|strong="G2532"\w* \w pure|strong="G2513"\w*: \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w defiled|strong="G3392"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* unbelieving \w nothing|strong="G3762"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w pure|strong="G2513"\w*; \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w mind|strong="G3563"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w conscience|strong="G4893"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w defiled|strong="G3392"\w*. \v 16 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w profess|strong="G3670"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*; \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w works|strong="G2041"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w deny|strong="G3588"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w being|strong="G1510"\w* abominable, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* disobedient, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w unto|strong="G4314"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w* \w work|strong="G2041"\w* reprobate. \c 2 \p \v 1 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w speak|strong="G2980"\w* \w thou|strong="G4771"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* befit \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w sound|strong="G5198"\w* \w doctrine|strong="G1319"\w*: \v 2 \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w aged|strong="G4246"\w* \w men|strong="G4246"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w temperate|strong="G3524"\w*, \w grave|strong="G4586"\w*, sober-minded, \w sound|strong="G5198"\w* \w in|strong="G4102"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*, \w in|strong="G4102"\w* love, \w in|strong="G4102"\w* \w patience|strong="G5281"\w*: \v 3 \w that|strong="G3361"\w* aged \w women|strong="G4247"\w* \w likewise|strong="G5615"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* \w reverent|strong="G2412"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* demeanor, \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w slanderers|strong="G1228"\w*, \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w enslaved|strong="G1402"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w much|strong="G4183"\w* \w wine|strong="G3631"\w*, teachers \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3361"\w* \w which|strong="G1722"\w* \w is|strong="G3631"\w* \w good|strong="G2567"\w*; 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