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    Titus 1

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    One of their own prophets calls Cretans liars, and Paul says, “This testimony is true.”

    An unfinished commission in Cretevv. 1–9

    Paul introduces himself as servant and apostle, carrying a promise of eternal life made before time began and a proclamation entrusted to him by God. Titus is his true child in the common faith, left in Crete to set unfinished matters in order and appoint elders in every town. The elder’s household, temper, table, wallet, hospitality, discipline, and grip on the faithful word all come under inspection; it is a remarkably comprehensive doorway into church government.

    The prophet, the accusation, and the mirrorvv. 10–16

    Many are described as rebellious, empty-talking, deceptive household-underminers, with dishonorable gain tucked neatly into the charge. Then comes the famous local testimony, followed at once by Paul’s solemn confirmation of it—a sweeping accusation carrying its own witness. Titus is told to rebuke them sternly, while myths and human commands are dismissed. The closing symmetry is tidier: purity spreads purity, defilement spoils everything, and those who profess to know God deny him by their actions.

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    1. Titus 1:1Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness,

    2. Titus 1:2in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.

    3. Titus 1:3In His own time He has made His word evident in the proclamation entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior.

    4. Titus 1:4To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

    5. Titus 1:5The reason I left you in Crete was that you would set in order what was unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.

    6. Titus 1:6An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, having children who are believers and who are not open to accusation of indiscretion or insubordination.

    7. Titus 1:7As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money.

    8. Titus 1:8Instead, he must be hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.

    9. Titus 1:9He must hold firmly to the faithful word as it was taught, so that he can encourage others by sound teaching and refute those who contradict it.

    10. Titus 1:10For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision,

    11. Titus 1:11who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.

    12. Titus 1:12As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”

    13. Titus 1:13This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sternly, so that they will be sound in the faith

    14. Titus 1:14and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected the truth.

    15. Titus 1:15To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.

    16. Titus 1:16They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.

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    • 161 John 2:4If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
    • 16Isaiah 29:13Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.
    • 2Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
    • 16Ephesians 5:6Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.
    • 16Ezekiel 33:31So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.
    • 22 Timothy 1:9He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
    • 21 John 2:25And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.
    • 92 Thessalonians 2:15Therefore, brothers, stand firm and cling to the traditions we taught you, whether by speech or by letter.
    • 15Romans 14:14I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean.
    • 162 Timothy 3:5–8having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!
    • 16Jude 1:4For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
    • 1Romans 1:1Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, and set apart for the gospel of God—
    • 11 Timothy 6:3If anyone teaches another doctrine and disagrees with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and with godly teaching,
    • 2Hebrews 6:17–18So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.
    • 15Romans 14:20Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block.
    • 16Romans 1:28Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.

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