CHAP. I.
What kind of men he is to ordain priests. Some men are to be
sharply rebuked.
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,
2 Unto the hope of life
everlasting, which God,
who lyeth not, hath promissed
before the times of the
world:
3 But hath in due times
manifested his word through
preaching, which is committed
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to me according to the
commandment of God our
Saviour:
4 To Titus my beloved
son, according to the common
faith, grace and peace
from God the Father, and
from Christ Jesus our Saviour.
5 For this cause I left thee
in Crete, that thou shouldst set
in order the things that are
wanting, and shouldst ordain
priests in every city, as I also
appointed thee:
6 If any be without crime,
the husband note of one wife,
having faithful children, not
accused of riot, or unruly.
7 For a bishop must be
without crime, as the steward
of God: not proud, not subject
to anger, not given to
wine, no striker, not greedy
of filthy lucre:
8 But given to hospitality,
gentle, sober, just, holy, continent;
9 Embracing that faithful
word which is according to
doctrine: that he may be able
to exhort in sound doctrine,
and to convince the gain-sayers.
10 For there are also many
disobedient, vain-talkers, and
seducers: especially they of
the circumcision:
11 Who must be reproved:
who subvert whole houses,
teaching things which they
ought not, for filthy lucre's
sake.
12 One of them, a prophet
of their own, said: The
Cretians are always liars, evil
beasts, slothful bellies.
13 This testimony is true:
wherefore rebuke them sharply,
that they may be sound in
the faith,
14 Not giving heed to
Jewish fables, and commandments
of men, who turn themselves
away from the truth.
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.
16 They profess that they
know God, but in their works
they deny him: being abominable,
and incredulous, and to
every good work reprobate.
Challoner [1752], THE NEW TESTAMENT OF Our LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. Translated out of the Latin Vulgat Diligently compared with the original Greek And first published by the English College of Rhemes, anno 1582. Newly revised, and corrected according to the Clementin Edition of the Scriptures. WITH ANNOTATIONS For clearing up modern Controversies in Religion, and other Difficulties of Holy Writ () [word count] [B12000].
