1750 Challoner Revision of the Douay-Rheims (DR)
Titus 1
1 For what end Titus was left in Crete. 6 How they that are to be chosen ministers ought to be qualified. 11 The mouths of evil teachers to be stopped: 12 and what manner of men they be.
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1:1 ¶
Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of the elect of God and the acknowledging of the truth, which is according to godliness:
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1:2
Unto the hope of life everlasting, which God, who lieth not, hath promised before the times of the world:
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1:3
But hath in due times manifested his word in preaching, which is committed to me according to the commandment of God our Saviour:
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1:4
To Titus, my beloved son according to the common faith, grace and peace, from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Saviour.
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1:5
For this cause I left thee in Crete: that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting and shouldest ordain priests in every city, as I also appointed thee:
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1:6
If any be without crime, the husband of one wife. having faithful children, not accused of riot or unruly.
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1:7
For a bishop must be without crime, as the steward of God: not proud, not subject to anger, nor given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre:
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1:8
But given to hospitality, gentle, sober, just, holy, continent:
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1:9
Embracing that faithful word which is according to doctrine, that he may be able to exhort in sound doctrine and to convince the gainsayers.
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1:10
For there are also many disobedient, vain talkers and seducers: especially they who are of the circumcision.
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1:11
Who must be reproved, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.
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1:12
One of them a prophet of their own, said: The Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, slothful bellies.
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1:13
This testimony is true. Wherefore, rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith:
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1:14
Not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn themselves away from the truth.
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1:15
All things are clean to the clean: but to them that are defiled and to unbelievers, nothing is clean: but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.
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1:16
They profess that they know God: but in their works they deny him: being abominable and incredulous and to every good work reprobate.