2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began; 3 But
hath in due times manifested His word through preaching, which is
committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;
4 To
Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace,
from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.
5 For
this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the
things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had
appointed thee:
6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
7 For
a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God;
(By the above scriptures, we see that an elder and a bishop are the same thing.)
not selfwilled, not
soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
9 Holding
fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by
sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.
(gainsayers: those who speak against or oppose)
10 For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:
11 Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.
12 One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, the Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.
13 This witness is true.
Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;
14 Not giving heed to Jewish fables (superstitions) and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.
15 Unto
the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and
unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is
defiled.
16 They
profess that they know God; but in works they deny HIM, being
abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
(Providing daily encouragement for the body of Christ by the Spirit of God to help the church in the end times.)
Saturday, August 24, 2024
TItus 1 (Reading through the Bible)
Paul,
a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the
faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after
godliness;
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