1 Paul, a servant of God andaSee 2 Cor. 1:1 an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God's elect andbSee 1 Tim. 2:4 their knowledge of the truth,c1 Tim. 6:3 which accords with godliness, 2 d2 Tim. 1:1; Heb. 9:15; [ch. 2:13; 3:7] in hope of eternal life, which God,eNum. 23:19; 2 Tim. 2:13; Heb. 6:18 who never lies,fRom. 1:2 promisedgSee 2 Tim. 1:9 before the ages began 3 andhSee 1 Tim. 2:6 at the proper time manifested in his wordi[Rom. 10:14] through the preachingjSee 1 Tim. 1:11 with which I have been entrustedk1 Tim. 1:1 by the command of God our Savior;
4 To Titus,lSee 3 John 4 my true child inmJude 3; See 2 Pet. 1:1 a common faith:nSee 1 Tim. 1:2 Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
5 o[1 Tim. 1:3] This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, andp[Acts 14:23; 2 Tim. 2:2] appoint elders in every town as I directed you— 6 qFor ver. 6-8, see 1 Tim. 3:2-4 if anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife,1Or a man of one woman and his children are believers and not open to the charge ofrSee Eph. 5:18 debauchery or insubordination. 7 For an overseer,1Or bishop; Greek episkopossLuke 12:42; 1 Cor. 4:1; 1 Pet. 4:10 as God's steward, must be above reproach. He must nott2 Pet. 2:10 be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violentu1 Tim. 3:8; 1 Pet. 5:2 or greedy for gain, 8 but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy,v[1 Cor. 9:25] and disciplined. 9 He mustw[2 Thess. 2:13, 15]; See 1 Tim. 1:15; 2 Tim. 1:13 hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction inxSee 1 Tim. 1:10 sound1Or healthy; also verse 13 doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.
10 For there are many who are insubordinate,y1 Tim. 1:6 empty talkers and deceivers, especially those ofzSee Acts 11:2 the circumcision party. 11 They must be silenced, sincea[2 Tim. 3:6] they are upsetting whole families by teachingb1 Tim. 6:5; 2 Pet. 2:3 for shameful gain what they ought not to teach. 12 c[Acts 17:28] One of the Cretans, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons. ” 13 This testimony is true. Thereforedch. 2:15; 1 Tim. 5:20 rebuke theme2 Cor. 13:10 sharply, that theyfch. 2:1, 2 may be sound in the faith, 14 gSee 1 Tim. 1:4 not devoting themselves to Jewish myths andhSee Col. 2:22 the commands of peopleiSee 1 Tim. 6:20 who turn away from the truth. 15 j[Luke 11:41; 1 Tim. 4:3]; See Acts 10:15 To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled andk[Rom. 14:23] unbelieving, nothing is pure; but bothlSee 1 Tim. 6:5 their minds and their consciences are defiled. 16 m[1 John 2:4] They profess to know God, but theynSee 1 Tim. 5:8 deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient,o2 Tim. 3:8 unfit for any good work.