Tito 1

Reina-Valera 1995

Salutación

1 Pablo, siervo de Dios y apóstol de Jesucristo, conforme a la fe de los escogidos de Dios y el conocimiento de la verdad que es según la piedad, ²en la esperanza de la vida eterna. Dios, que no miente, prometió esta vida desde antes del principio de los siglos, ³y a su debido tiempo manifestó su palabra por medio de la predicación que me fue encomendada por mandato de Dios, nuestro Salvador.

⁴A Tito, verdadero hijo en la común fe: Gracia, misericordia y paz, de Dios Padre y del Señor Jesucristo, nuestro Salvador.

Requisitos de ancianos y obispos

⁵Por esta causa te dejé en Creta, para que corrigieras lo deficiente y establecieras ancianos en cada ciudad, así como yo te mandé. ⁶El anciano debe ser irreprochable, marido de una sola mujer, y que tenga hijos creyentes que no estén acusados de disolución ni de rebeldía. ⁷Es necesario que el obispo sea irreprochable, como administrador de Dios; no soberbio, no iracundo, no dado al vino, no amigo de contiendas, no codicioso de ganancias deshonestas. ⁸Debe ser hospedador, amante de lo bueno, sobrio, justo, santo, dueño de sí mismo, ⁹retenedor de la palabra fiel tal como ha sido enseñada, para que también pueda exhortar con sana enseñanza y convencer a los que contradicen.

¹⁰Hay aún muchos obstinados, habladores de vanidades y engañadores, mayormente los de la circuncisión. ¹¹A esos es preciso tapar la boca, porque trastornan casas enteras enseñando por ganancia deshonesta lo que no conviene. ¹²Uno de ellos, su propio profeta, dijo: «Los cretenses son siempre mentirosos, malas bestias, glotones ociosos.» ¹³Este testimonio es verdadero. Por eso, repréndelos duramente, para que sean sanos en la fe ¹⁴y no atiendan a fábulas judaicas ni a mandamientos de hombres que se apartan de la verdad.

¹⁵Todas las cosas son puras para los puros, pero para los corrompidos e incrédulos nada es puro, pues hasta su mente y su conciencia están corrompidas. ¹⁶Profesan conocer a Dios, pero con los hechos lo niegan, siendo abominables y rebeldes, reprobados en cuanto a toda buena obra.

Titus 1

Common English Bible

Greeting

1 From Paul, a slave of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ. I’m sent to bring about the faith of God’s chosen people and a knowledge of the truth that agrees with godliness.

²Their faith and this knowledge are based on the hope of eternal life that God, who doesn’t lie, promised before time began. ³God revealed his message at the appropriate time through preaching, and I was trusted with preaching this message by the command of God our savior.

⁴To Titus, my true child in a common faith.

Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our savior.

Appointing elders

⁵The reason I left you behind in Crete was to organize whatever needs to be done and to appoint elders in each city, as I told you. ⁶Elders should be without fault. They should be faithful to their spouse,^[a] and have faithful children who can’t be accused of self-indulgence or rebelliousness. ⁷This is because supervisors^[b] should be without fault as God’s managers: they shouldn’t be stubborn, irritable, addicted to alcohol, a bully, or greedy. ⁸Instead, they should show hospitality, love what is good, and be reasonable, ethical, godly, and self-controlled. ⁹They must pay attention to the reliable message as it has been taught to them so that they can encourage people with healthy instruction and refute those who speak against it.

Correcting rebellious people

¹⁰In fact, there are many who are rebellious people, loudmouths, and deceivers, especially some of those who are Jewish believers.^[c] ¹¹They must be silenced because they upset entire households. They teach what they shouldn’t to make money dishonestly. ¹²Someone who is one of their own prophets said, “People from Crete are always liars, wild animals, and lazy gluttons.” ¹³This statement is true. Because of this, correct them firmly, so that they can be healthy in their faith. ¹⁴They shouldn’t pay attention to Jewish myths and commands from people who reject the truth. ¹⁵Everything is clean to those who are clean, but nothing is clean to those who are corrupt and without faith. Instead, their mind and conscience are corrupted. ¹⁶They claim to know God, but they deny God by the things that they do. They are detestable, disobedient, and disqualified to do anything good.

Footnotes

Titus 1:6 Or they should be a one-woman man.
Titus 1:7 Or overseers, bishops
Titus 1:10 Or from the circumcision

Titus 1

New International Version

1 Paul, a servant of God^(A) and an apostle^(B) of Jesus Christ to further the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth^(C) that leads to godliness^(D)— ²in the hope of eternal life,^(E) which God, who does not lie,^(F) promised before the beginning of time,^(G) ³and which now at his appointed season^(H) he has brought to light^(I) through the preaching entrusted to me^(J) by the command of God^(K) our Savior,^(L)

⁴To Titus,^(M) my true son^(N) in our common faith:

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

Appointing Elders Who Love What Is Good^(P)

⁵The reason I left you in Crete^(Q) was that you might put in order what was left unfinished and appoint^[a] elders^(R) in every town, as I directed you. ⁶An elder must be blameless,^(S) faithful to his wife, a man whose children believe^[b] and are not open to the charge of being wild and disobedient. ⁷Since an overseer^(T) manages God’s household,^(U) he must be blameless—not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain.^(V) ⁸Rather, he must be hospitable,^(W) one who loves what is good,^(X) who is self-controlled,^(Y) upright, holy and disciplined. ⁹He must hold firmly^(Z) to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine^(AA) and refute those who oppose it.

Rebuking Those Who Fail to Do Good

¹⁰For there are many rebellious people, full of meaningless talk^(AB) and deception, especially those of the circumcision group.^(AC) ¹¹They must be silenced, because they are disrupting whole households^(AD) by teaching things they ought not to teach—and that for the sake of dishonest gain. ¹²One of Crete’s own prophets^(AE) has said it: “Cretans^(AF) are always liars, evil brutes, lazy gluttons.”^[c] ¹³This saying is true. Therefore rebuke^(AG) them sharply, so that they will be sound in the faith^(AH) ¹⁴and will pay no attention to Jewish myths^(AI) or to the merely human commands^(AJ) of those who reject the truth.^(AK) ¹⁵To the pure, all things are pure,^(AL) but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure.^(AM) In fact, both their minds and consciences are corrupted.^(AN) ¹⁶They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him.^(AO) They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good.^(AP)

Footnotes

Titus 1:5 Or ordain
Titus 1:6 Or children are trustworthy
Titus 1:12 From the Cretan philosopher Epimenides

Reina-Valera 1995 (RVR1995)

Common English Bible (CEB)

New International Version (NIV)

Tito 1

Reina-Valera 1995

Salutación

Requisitos de ancianos y obispos

Titus 1

Common English Bible

Greeting

Appointing elders

Correcting rebellious people

Footnotes

Titus 1

New International Version

Appointing Elders Who Love What Is Good^(P)

Rebuking Those Who Fail to Do Good

Footnotes

Cross references

More on the NIV

Tito 1 Reina-Valera 1995

Salutación

Requisitos de ancianos y obispos

Titus 1 Common English Bible

Greeting

Appointing elders

Correcting rebellious people

Footnotes

Titus 1 New International Version

Appointing Elders Who Love What Is Good(P)

Rebuking Those Who Fail to Do Good

Footnotes

Cross references

More on the NIV

Tito 1

Reina-Valera 1995

Titus 1

Common English Bible

Titus 1

New International Version

Appointing Elders Who Love What Is Good^(P)