\id TIT 56-TIT-web.sfm World Messianic Bible British Edition (WMBB) \ide UTF-8 \h Titus \toc1 Paul’s Letter to Titus \toc2 Titus \toc3 Tit \mt1 Paul’s Letter to 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* emissary \w of|strong="G2316"\w* Yeshua \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w*,\f + \fr 1:1 \ft “Messiah” means “Anointed One”.\f* \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 chosen|strong="G1588"\w* ones \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 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