Laws for Guilt Offerings

¹⁴ The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ^15 (A)“If anyone commits a breach of faith and sins unintentionally in any of the holy things of the Lord, ^(B)he shall bring to the Lord as his compensation, a ram without blemish out of the flock, valued^[a] in silver shekels,^[b] according to the ^(C)shekel of the sanctuary, for a guilt offering. ¹⁶ He shall also make restitution for what he has done amiss in the holy thing and ^(D)shall add a fifth to it and give it to the priest. ^(E)And the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering, and he shall be forgiven.

^17 (F)“If anyone sins, doing any of the things that by the Lord's commandments ought not to be done, ^(G)though he did not know it, then realizes his guilt, he shall bear his iniquity. ^18 (H)He shall bring to the priest a ram without blemish out of the flock, or its equivalent, for a guilt offering, and ^(I)the priest shall make atonement for him for the mistake that he made unintentionally, and he shall be forgiven. ¹⁹ It is a guilt offering; he has indeed incurred guilt before^[c] the Lord.”

6 ^[d] The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ² “If anyone sins and ^(J)commits a breach of faith against the Lord by ^(K)deceiving his neighbor in ^(L)a matter of deposit or security, or through robbery, or ^(M)if he has oppressed his neighbor ³ or ^(N)has found something lost and lied about it, ^(O)swearing falsely—in any of all the things that people do and sin thereby— ⁴ if he has sinned and has realized his guilt and will restore ^(P)what he took by robbery or what he got by oppression or the deposit that was committed to him or the lost thing that he found ⁵ or anything about which he has sworn falsely, he shall ^(Q)restore it in full and shall add a fifth to it, and give it to him to whom it belongs on the day he realizes his guilt. ⁶ And he shall bring to the priest as his compensation to the Lord ^(R)a ram without blemish out of the flock, or its equivalent, for a guilt offering. ^7 (S)And the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord, and he shall be forgiven for any of the things that one may do and thereby become guilty.”

The Priests and the Offerings

^8 [e] The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ⁹ “Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offering. The burnt offering shall be on the hearth on the altar all night until the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be kept burning on it. ¹⁰ And ^(T)the priest shall put on his linen garment and put his linen undergarment on his body, and he shall take up the ashes to which the fire has reduced the burnt offering on the altar and put them ^(U)beside the altar. ¹¹ Then ^(V)he shall take off his garments and put on other garments and carry the ashes ^(W)outside the camp to a clean place. ¹² The fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it; it shall not go out. The priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and he shall arrange the burnt offering on it and shall burn on it ^(X)the fat of the peace offerings. ¹³ Fire shall be kept burning on the altar continually; it shall not go out.

¹⁴ “And this is the law of ^(Y)the grain offering. The sons of Aaron shall offer it before the Lord in front of the altar. ¹⁵ And one shall take from it a handful of the fine flour of the grain offering and its oil and all the frankincense that is on the grain offering and burn this as its ^(Z)memorial portion on the altar, a pleasing aroma to the Lord. ¹⁶ And ^(AA)the rest of it Aaron and his sons shall eat. It shall be eaten unleavened ^(AB)in a holy place. In the court of the tent of meeting they shall eat it. ^17 (AC)It shall not be baked with leaven. ^(AD)I have given it as their portion of my food offerings. ^(AE)It is a thing most holy, like the sin offering and the guilt offering. ¹⁸ Every male among the children of Aaron may eat of it, as decreed forever throughout your generations, from the Lord's food offerings. Whatever touches them shall become holy.”

¹⁹ The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ^20 (AF)“This is the offering that Aaron and his sons shall offer to the Lord on the day when he is anointed: a ^(AG)tenth of an ephah^[f] of fine flour as a regular grain offering, half of it in the morning and half in the evening. ²¹ It shall be made with oil ^(AH)on a griddle. You shall bring it ^(AI)well mixed, in baked^[g] pieces like a grain offering, and offer it for a pleasing aroma to the Lord. ²² The priest from among Aaron's sons, who is anointed to succeed him, shall offer it to the Lord as decreed forever. ^(AJ)The whole of it shall be burned. ²³ Every grain offering of a priest shall be wholly burned. It shall not be eaten.”

²⁴ The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ²⁵ “Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, ^(AK)This is the law of the sin offering. ^(AL)In the place where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killed before the Lord; ^(AM)it is most holy. ^26 (AN)The priest who offers it for sin shall eat it. ^(AO)In a holy place it shall be eaten, in the court of the tent of meeting. ²⁷ Whatever touches its flesh shall be holy, and when any of its blood is splashed on a garment, you shall wash that on which it was splashed in a holy place. ²⁸ And ^(AP)the earthenware vessel in which it is boiled ^(AQ)shall be broken. But if it is boiled in a bronze vessel, that shall be scoured and rinsed in water. ²⁹ Every male among the priests may eat of it; ^(AR)it is most holy. ^30 (AS)But no sin offering shall be eaten from which any blood is brought into the tent of meeting to make atonement in the Holy Place; it shall be burned up with fire.

Mem

Greeting

1 Paul, a servant^[a] of God and ^(A)an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God's elect and ^(B)their knowledge of the truth, ^(C)which accords with godliness, ^2 (D)in hope of eternal life, which God, ^(E)who never lies, ^(F)promised ^(G)before the ages began^{[b] 3} and ^(H)at the proper time manifested in his word^{[c] (I)}through the preaching ^(J)with which I have been entrusted ^(K)by the command of God our Savior;

⁴ To Titus, ^(L)my true child in ^(M)a common faith:

^(N)Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

Qualifications for Elders

^5 (O)This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and ^(P)appoint elders in every town as I directed you— ^6 (Q)if anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife,^[d] and his children are believers^[e] and not open to the charge of ^(R)debauchery or insubordination. ⁷ For an overseer,^{[f] (S)}as God's steward, must be above reproach. He must not ^(T)be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent ^(U)or greedy for gain, ⁸ but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, ^(V)and disciplined. ⁹ He must ^(W)hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in ^(X)sound^[g] doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.

¹⁰ For there are many who are insubordinate, ^(Y)empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of ^(Z)the circumcision party.^{[h] 11} They must be silenced, since ^(AA)they are upsetting whole families by teaching ^(AB)for shameful gain what they ought not to teach. ^12 (AC)One of the Cretans,^[i] a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”^{[j] 13} This testimony is true. Therefore ^(AD)rebuke them ^(AE)sharply, that they ^(AF)may be sound in the faith, ^14 (AG)not devoting themselves to Jewish myths and ^(AH)the commands of people ^(AI)who turn away from the truth. ^15 (AJ)To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and ^(AK)unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both ^(AL)their minds and their consciences are defiled. ^16 (AM)They profess to know God, but they ^(AN)deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, ^(AO)unfit for any good work.

Teach Sound Doctrine

2 But as for you, teach what accords with ^(AP)sound^[k] doctrine. ² Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, ^(AQ)sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness. ^3 (AR)Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, ^(AS)not slanderers ^(AT)or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, ⁴ and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, ⁵ to be self-controlled, ^(AU)pure, ^(AV)working at home, kind, and ^(AW)submissive to their own husbands, ^(AX)that the word of God may not be reviled. ⁶ Likewise, urge ^(AY)the younger men to be self-controlled. ⁷ Show yourself in all respects to be ^(AZ)a model of good works, and in your teaching ^(BA)show integrity, ^(BB)dignity, ⁸ and ^(BC)sound speech that cannot be condemned, ^(BD)so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us. ^9 (BE)Bondservants^[l] are to be submissive to their own masters ^(BF)in everything; they are to be well-pleasing, not argumentative, ¹⁰ not pilfering, ^(BG)but showing all good faith, ^(BH)so that in everything they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior.

¹¹ For ^(BI)the grace of God ^(BJ)has appeared, bringing salvation ^(BK)for all people, ¹² training us to renounce ungodliness and ^(BL)worldly passions, and ^(BM)to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in ^(BN)the present age, ^13 (BO)waiting for our blessed ^(BP)hope, the ^(BQ)appearing of the glory of our great ^(BR)God and Savior Jesus Christ, ^14 (BS)who gave himself for us to ^(BT)redeem us from all lawlessness and ^(BU)to purify for himself ^(BV)a people for his own possession who are ^(BW)zealous for good works.

¹⁵ Declare these things; exhort and ^(BX)rebuke with all authority. ^(BY)Let no one disregard you.

Be Ready for Every Good Work

3 Remind them ^(BZ)to be submissive to rulers and authorities, ^(CA)to be obedient, to be ready for every good work, ^2 (CB)to speak evil of no one, ^(CC)to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and ^(CD)to show perfect courtesy toward all people. ³ For ^(CE)we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another. ⁴ But when ^(CF)the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, ⁵ he saved us, ^(CG)not because of works done by us in righteousness, but ^(CH)according to his own mercy, by ^(CI)the washing of regeneration and ^(CJ)renewal of the Holy Spirit, ⁶ whom he ^(CK)poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, ⁷ so that ^(CL)being justified by his grace we might become ^(CM)heirs ^(CN)according to the hope of eternal life. ⁸ The saying is ^(CO)trustworthy, and I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful ^(CP)to devote themselves to good works. These things are excellent and profitable for people. ⁹ But ^(CQ)avoid foolish ^(CR)controversies, ^(CS)genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels about the law, for ^(CT)they are unprofitable and worthless. ¹⁰ As for a person who stirs up division, ^(CU)after warning him once and then twice, ^(CV)have nothing more to do with him, ¹¹ knowing that such a person is warped and sinful; he is self-condemned.

Final Instructions and Greetings

¹² When I send Artemas or ^(CW)Tychicus to you, do your best to come to me ^(CX)at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there. ¹³ Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and ^(CY)Apollos on their way; see that they lack nothing. ¹⁴ And let our people learn ^(CZ)to devote themselves to good works, so as to help cases of urgent need, and not ^(DA)be unfruitful.

¹⁵ All who are with me send greetings to you. Greet those who love us in the faith.

^(DB)Grace be with you all.