Weymouth New Testament

2nd Timothy 4

The Epistle of Paul to Titus

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   Paul, a bondservant of God and an Apostle of Jesus Christ for building up the faith of God's own people and spreading a full knowledge of the truths of religion,  

 

 

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   in hope of the Life of the Ages which God, who is never false to His word, promised before the commencement of the Ages.  

 

 

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   And at the appointed time He clearly made known His Message in the preaching with which I was entrusted by the command of God our Saviour:  

 

 

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   To Titus my own true child in our common faith. May grace and peace be granted to you from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.  

 

 

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   I have left you behind in Crete in order that you may set right the things which still require attention, and appoint Elders in every town, as I directed you to do;  

 

 

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   wherever there is a man of blameless life, true to his one wife, having children who are themselves believers and are free from every reproach of profligacy or of stubborn self-will.  

 

 

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   For, as God's steward, a minister must be of blameless life, not over-fond of having his own way, not a man of a passionate temper nor a hard drinker, not given to blows nor greedy of gain,  

 

 

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   but hospitable to strangers, a lover of goodness, sober-minded, upright, saintly, self-controlled;  

 

 

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   holding fast to the faithful Message which he has received, so that he may be well qualified both to encourage others with sound teaching and to reply successfully to opponents.  

 

 

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   For there are many that spurn authority--idle, talkative and deceitful persons, who, for the most part, are adherents of the Circumcision.  

 

 

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   You must stop the mouths of such men, for they overthrow the faith of whole families, teaching what they ought not, just for the sake of making money.  

 

 

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   One of their own number--a Prophet who is a countryman of theirs--has said, 'Cretans are always liars, dangerous animals, idle gluttons.'  

 

 

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   This testimony is true. Therefore sternly denounce them, that they may be robust in their faith,  

 

 

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   and not give attention to Jewish legends and the maxims of men who turn their backs on the truth.  

 

 

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   To the pure everything is pure; but to the polluted and unbelieving nothing is pure, but on the contrary their very minds and consciences are polluted.  

 

 

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   They profess to know God; but in their actions they disown Him, and are detestable and disobedient men, and for any good work are utterly useless.  

 

 

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