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Titus 1

    ²Unto the hope of life everlasting, which God, who lieth not, hath promised before the times of the world:

    ³But hath in due times manifested his word in preaching, which is committed to me according to the commandment of God our Savior:

    ⁴To Titus my beloved son, according to the common faith, grace and peace from God the Father, and from Christ Jesus our Savior.

    ⁵For this cause I left thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and shouldest ordain priests in every city, as I also appointed thee:

    ⁶If any be without crime, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of riot, or unruly.

    ⁷For 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:

    ⁸But given to hospitality, gentle, sober, just, holy, continent:

    ⁹Embracing that faithful word which is according to doctrine, that he may be able to exhort in sound doctrine, and to convince the gainsayers.

    ¹⁰For there are also many disobedient, vain talkers, and seducers: especially they who are of the circumcision:

    ¹¹Who must be reproved, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.

    ¹²One of them a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, slothful bellies.

    ¹³This testimony is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;

    ¹⁴Not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men, who turn themselves away from the truth.

    ¹⁵All 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.

    ¹⁶They profess that they know God: but in their works they deny him; being abominable, and incredulous, and to every good work reprobate.

Titus 2

    ²That the aged men be sober, chaste, prudent, sound in faith, in love, in patience.

    ³The aged women, in like manner, in holy attire, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teaching well:

    ⁴That they may teach the young women to be wise, to love their husbands, to love their children,

    ⁵To be discreet, chaste, sober, having a care of the house, gentle, obedient to their husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

    ⁶Young men, in like manner, exhort that they be sober.

    ⁷In all things shew thyself an example of good works, in doctrine, in integrity, in gravity,

    ⁸The sound word that can not be blamed: that he, who is on the contrary part, may be afraid, having no evil to say of us.

    ⁹Exhort servants to be obedient to their masters, in all things pleasing, not gainsaying:

    ¹⁰Not defrauding, but in all things shewing good fidelity, that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things:

    ¹¹For the grace of God our Savior hath appeared to all men;

    ¹²Instructing us, that, denying ungodliness and worldly desires, we should live soberly, and justly, and godly in this world,

    ¹³Looking for the blessed hope and coming of the glory of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ,

    ¹⁴Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and might cleanse to himself a people acceptable, a pursuer of good works.

    ¹⁵These things speak, and exhort and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.

Titus 3

    ²To speak evil of no man, not to be litigious, but gentle: shewing all mildness towards all men.

    ³For we ourselves also were some time unwise, incredulous, erring, slaves to divers desires and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

    ⁴But when the goodness and kindness of God our Savior appeared:

    ⁵Not by the works of justice, which we have done, but according to his mercy, he saved us, by the laver of regeneration, and renovation of the Holy Ghost;

    ⁶Whom he hath poured forth upon us abundantly, through Jesus Christ our Savior:

    ⁷That, being justified by his grace, we may be heirs, according to hope of life everlasting.

    ⁸It is a faithful saying: and these things I will have thee affirm constantly: that they, who believe in God, may be careful to excel in good works. These things are good and profitable unto men.

    ⁹But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law. For they are unprofitable and vain.

    ¹⁰A man that is a heretic, after the first and second admonition, avoid:

    ¹¹Knowing that he, that is such an one, is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned by his own judgment.

    ¹²When I shall send to thee Artemas or Tychicus, make haste to come unto me to Nicopolis. For there I have determined to winter.

    ¹³Send forward Zenas, the lawyer, and Apollo, with care, that nothing be wanting to them.

    ¹⁴And let our men also learn to excel in good works for necessary uses: that they be not unfruitful.

    ¹⁵All that are with me salute thee: salute them that love us in the faith. The grace of God be with you all. Amen.

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Philemon 1

    ²And to Appia, our dearest sister, and to Archippus, our fellow soldier, and to the church which is in thy house:

    ³Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

    ⁴I give thanks to my God, always making a remembrance of thee in my prayers.

    ⁵Hearing of thy charity and faith, which thou hast in the Lord Jesus, and towards all the saints:

    ⁶That the communication of thy faith may be made evident in the acknowledgment of every good work, that is in you in Christ Jesus.

    ⁷For I have had great joy and consolation in thy charity, because the bowels of the saints have been refreshed by thee, brother.

    ⁸Wherefore though I have much confidence in Christ Jesus, to command thee that which is to the purpose:

    ⁹For charity sake I rather beseech, whereas thou art such a one, as Paul an old man, and now a prisoner also of Jesus Christ.

    ¹⁰I beseech thee for my son, whom I have begotten in my bands, Onesimus,

    ¹¹Who hath been heretofore unprofitable to thee, but now is profitable both to me and thee,

    ¹²Whom I have sent back to thee. And do thou receive him as my own bowels.

    ¹³Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered to me in the bands of the gospel:

    ¹⁴But without thy counsel I would do nothing: that thy good deed might not be as it were of necessity, but voluntary.

    ¹⁵For perhaps he therefore departed for a season from thee, that thou mightest receive him again for ever:

    ¹⁶Not now as a servant, but instead of a servant, a most dear brother, especially to me: but how much more to thee both in the flesh and in the Lord?

    ¹⁷If therefore thou count me a partner, receive him as myself.

    ¹⁸And if he hath wronged thee in any thing, or is in thy debt, put that to my account.

    ¹⁹I Paul have written it with my own hand: I will repay it: not to say to thee, that thou owest me thy own self also.

    ²⁰Yea, brother. May I enjoy thee in the Lord. Refresh my bowels in the Lord.

    ²¹Trusting in thy obedience, I have written to thee: knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.

    ²²But withal prepare me also a lodging. For I hope that through your prayers I shall be given unto you.

    ²³There salute thee Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus;

    ²⁴Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke my fellow labourers.

    ²⁵The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.