intrude themselves into houses, and make captive silly women laden with sins, led away by various lusts; always learning, yet never able to come to the knowledge of the truth:

7 and, in the same manner Exod. vii. 11. as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, so do those also resist the truth; men of corrupted minds, proved to be unsound in the faith:

8 but they will not proceed further; for their folly will be made plain to all, as also was that of those others.

9 But thou hast followed my doctrine, course of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, patience,

10 the persecutions, the sufferings that befell me in Antioch, in Iconium, in Lystra: what persecutions did I endure! yet the Lord delivered me out of all:

11 yea, and all who wish to Matt.v.13,14; live godly in Christ Jesus, will

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suffer persecution.

12 But, evil and imposing men will grow worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived:

13 but continue thou in the things which thou hast learned, and of which thou hast been assured knowing, from whom thou didst learn them;

14 and that, from a child, thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise to salvation,

through the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

15 All scripture is inspired 2 Pet. i. 20. by God; and is profitable, for teaching, for reprehension, for correction, for the discipline of justification:

16 that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly fitted for every good work.

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CHAPTER IV.

CHARGE thee before God,

and our Lord Jesus Christ who will judge the living and the dead, at his appearing and his kingdom;

2 preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and instruction : 3 for, a time will come when they will not endure sound teaching; but, having itching ears, will heap to themselves teachers according to their own desires;

4 and they will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn themselves to fables.

5 But, be thou vigilant in all things; endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfil thy ministry;

6 for, I am already offered, Philipp. ii. 17. and the time of my dissolution

is come:

7 I have fought a good fight, 1 Tim. vi. 12. I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:

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15 At my first defence, no one was with me, but all forsook me: may it not be laid to their charge!

16 but, the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, that the preaching of the gospel might be fully made known, and all the Gentiles hear it, through me and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

17 The Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me for his heavenly kingdom to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen!

18 Salute Priscilla and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.

19 Erastus remained in Corinth; but I left Trophimus ill at Miletum.

20 Endeavour to come before winter. Eubulus saluteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.

21 The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit! Grace be with you all!

CHAPTER I.

PAUL, a servant of God,

and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of the chosen of God, and for their acknowledgment of the truth which is according to godliness;

2 in hope of eternal life, which God, in whom is no falsehood, promised before the world began;

3 and who hath manifested his word, in his own times, by the preaching with which I am intrusted, by the ordinance of God our Saviour:

4 to Titus, my true child according to the common faith, grace, mercy, and peace, from from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ, our Saviour!

5 For this purpose I left thee I left thee behind in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that remained to be done; and shouldest appoint elders in every city, according as I had enjoined thee namely,

6 If any one is blameless, the

husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of riot, or unruly:

7 for, the bishop ought to be blameless, as being a steward of God; not self-willed, not soon angered, not given to wine, no striker, not seeking dishonest gain;

8 but hospitable, a lover of those that are good; sober, just, holy, temperate;

9 holding fast the true word, as he hath been taught; that he may be able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort, and to confute the adversaries.

10 For, there are many who are unruly, vain-talkers, and deceivers, especially they of the circumcision :

11 whose mouths thou must stop; who subvert whole families, teaching things they ought not, for the sake of dishonest gain.

12 One of their own prophets said, "The Cretans are alway liars, evil brutes, lazy glut"tons:" this testimony is true;

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13 wherefore, refute them sharply, that they may become sound in the faith; and not attend to Jewish fables, and to precepts of men who turn away from the truth.

14 To the pure, all things are pure; but, to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their mind and conscience are defiled: 15 they profess to know God, but deny him by their works; being abominable, and disobedient, and worthless for any good work.

CHAPTER II.

6 The young men, likewise, exhort to be sober minded: 7 shewing thyself, in all things, a pattern of good works; in doctrine, uncorruptness, purity, gravity;

8 sound speech, unblamable; that he who is of the opposite part may be shamed, having nothing evil to say of us.

9 Exhort servants to be submissive to their own masters; to be pleasing to them in all things; not contradicting them;

10 not pilfering, but shewing all good fidelity, that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.

11 For, the grace of God that

sound doctrine :

2 that aged men be sober, grave, prudent, sound in faith, in love, in patience.

3 That aged women, likewise, be venerable in their deportment; not slanderers, not given to much wine; teachers of what is good;

4 that they may dispose the minds of the young women to love their husbands, to love their children;

5 to be discreet, chaste, domestic, good, submissive to their own husbands; that the word of God may not be blasphemed.

12 teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we must live soberly, justly, and godly, in this present world;

13 looking for the blessed hope, even the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us,

14 that he might redeem us from all iniquity; and purify for himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

15 These things declare, and exhort, and enforce with all authority: let no one despise thee.

2 to speak evil of no one; not to be contentious, but gentle, shewing all meekness to all men.

3 For, we ourselves also, heretofore, were foolish, disobedient, deceived; serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another:

4 but, when the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,

5 he saved us, not by works which we had done in justification, but, according to his own mercy; by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Spirit,

6 which he hath richly shed upon us, through Jesus Christ our Saviour;

7 that, being justified by his grace, we might become heirs of the hope of eternal life.

8 This word is true, (and I will that thou be thoroughly

confirmed in these matters);

James, ii. 22.

That they who have believed Rom. iv. 5. in God, must be careful also to excel in good works: these v. 14. are the things which are good and profitable to men :

9 but, avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions and controversies concerning the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.

10 A man that is an heretic reject, after the first and second admonition;

11 knowing, that such an one is perverted and sinneth, being self-condemned.

12 When I send Artemas or Tychicus to thee, make haste to come to me at Nicopolis; for I have determined to winter there.

13 Send forward Zenas the lawyer, and Apollos, with care, so that nothing be wanting to them :

14 and let our brethren, also, learn to excel in good works, v. 8. for needful occasions, that they may not be unfruitful.

15 All who are with me salute thee: salute them that love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen!