Titus 1:6

1:6 An elder must be blameless, ¹  the husband of one wife, ²  with faithful children ³  who cannot be charged with dissipation or rebellion.

Titus 1:12

1:12 A certain one of them, in fact, one of their own prophets, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.” ⁴ 

Titus 2:5

2:5 to be self-controlled, ⁵  pure, fulfilling their duties at home, ⁶  kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the message ⁷  of God may not be discredited. ⁸ 

Titus 2:8

2:8 and a sound message that cannot be criticized, so that any opponent will be at a loss, ⁹  because he has nothing evil to say about us.

Titus 2:15

2:15 So communicate these things with the sort of exhortation or rebuke ¹⁰  that carries full authority. ¹¹  Don’t let anyone look down ¹²  on you.

Titus 3:9

3:9 But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, ¹³  quarrels, and fights about the law, ¹⁴  because they are useless and empty.

¹ tn Grk “if anyone is blameless…” as a continuation of v. 5b, beginning to describe the elder’s character.

² tn Or “married only once,” “devoted solely to his wife.” See the note on “wife” in 1 Tim 3:2; also 1 Tim 3:12; 5:9.

³ tn Or “believing children.” The phrase could be translated “believing children,” but the parallel with 1 Tim 3:4 (“keeping his children in control”) argues for the sense given in the translation.

⁴ sn A saying attributed to the poet Epimenides of Crete (6th century b.c.).

⁷ tn Or “sensible.”

⁸ tn Grk “domestic,” “keeping house.”

⁹ tn Or “word.”

¹⁰ tn Or “slandered.”

¹⁰ tn Or “put to shame.”

¹³ tn Or “reproof,” “censure.” The Greek word ἐλέγχω (elencw) implies exposing someone’s sin in order to bring correction.

¹⁴ tn Grk “speak these things and exhort and rebuke with all authority.”

¹⁵ tn Or “let anyone despise you”; or “let anyone disregard you.”

¹⁶ tn Cf. 1 Tim 1:4.

¹⁷ sn Fights about the law were characteristic of the false teachers in Ephesus as well as in Crete (cf. 1 Tim 1:3-7; Titus 1:10, 14).