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Titus

Advises Titus on organizing the church in Crete and living out sound doctrine.

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KJV: 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;

Geneva: Paul a seruaunt of God, and an Apostle of Iesus Christ, according to the faith of Gods elect, and the acknowledging of the trueth, which is according vnto godlines,

KJV: In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

Geneva: Vnto the hope of eternall life, which God that cannot lie, hath promised before the world began:

KJV: But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;

Geneva: But hath made his worde manifest in due time through the preaching, which is committed vnto me, according to the commandement of God our Sauiour:

KJV: To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.

Geneva: To Titus my naturall sonne according to the common faith, Grace, mercie and peace from God the Father, and from the Lorde Iesus Christ our Sauiour.

KJV: 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:

Geneva: For this cause left I thee in Creta, that thou shouldest continue to redresse the thinges that remaine, and shouldest ordeine Elders in euery citie, as I appointed thee,

KJV: If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.

Geneva: If any be vnreproueable, the husbande of one wife, hauing faithfull children, which are not slandered of riot, neither are disobedient.

KJV: For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;

Geneva: For a Bishop must bee vnreproueable, as Gods steward, not froward, not angrie, not giuen to wine, no striker, not giuen to filthie lucre,

KJV: But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;

Geneva: But harberous, one that loueth goodnesse, wise, righteous, holy, temperate,

KJV: 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.

Geneva: Holding fast that faithfull worde according to doctrine, that he also may bee able to exhort with wholesome doctrine, and conuince them that say against it.

KJV: For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:

Geneva: For there are many disobedient & vaine talkers and deceiuers of mindes, chiefly they of the Circumcision,

KJV: Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.

Geneva: Whose mouthes must bee stopped, which subuert whole houses, teaching things, which they ought not, for filthie lucres sake.

KJV: One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.

Geneva: One of themselues, euen one of their owne prophets said, The Cretians are alwaies liars, euill beastes, slowe bellies.

KJV: This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;

Geneva: This witnesse is true: wherefore conuince them sharply, that they may be sound in ye faith,

KJV: Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.

Geneva: And not taking heede to Iewish fables and commaundements of men, that turne away from the trueth.

KJV: 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.

Geneva: Vnto the pure are all things pure, but vnto them that are defiled, and vnbeleeuing, is nothing pure, but euen their mindes and consciences are defiled.

KJV: They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.

Geneva: They professe that they know God, but by works they deny him, and are abominable & disobedient, and vnto euery good worke reprobate.

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