Titus 3:1

Conduct Toward Those Outside the Church

3:1 Remind them to be subject to rulers and ¹  authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work.

Titus 1:16

1:16 They profess to know God but with their deeds they deny him, since they are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.

Titus 1:7

1:7 For the overseer ²  must be blameless as one entrusted with God’s work, ³  not arrogant, not prone to anger, not a drunkard, not violent, not greedy for gain.

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 1:3

1:3 But now in his own time ⁵  he has made his message evident through the preaching I was entrusted with according to the command of God our Savior.

Titus 1:5

Titus’ Task on Crete

1:5 The reason I left you in Crete was to set in order the remaining matters and to appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.

[3:1]  ¹ tc Most later witnesses (D² 0278 Ï lat sy) have καί (kai, “and”) after ἀρχαῖς (arcai", “rulers”), though the earliest and best witnesses (א A C D* F G Ψ 33 104 1739 1881) lack the conjunction. Although the καί is most likely not authentic, it has been added in translation due to the requirements of English style. For more discussion, see TCGNT 586.

[1:7]  ² sn The overseer is another term for the same official position of leadership as the “elder.” This is seen in the interchange of the two terms in this passage and in Acts 20:17, 28, as well as in the parallels between these verses and 1 Tim 3:1-7.

[1:7]  ³ tn Grk “as God’s steward.”

[1:12]  ³ sn A saying attributed to the poet Epimenides of Crete (6th century b.c.).

[1:3]  ⁴ tn The Greek text emphasizes the contrast between vv. 2b and 3a: God promised this long ago but now has revealed it in his own time.