When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there.

whom he poured out on us in full measure through Jesus Christ our Savior.

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

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.

he saved us not by works of righteousness that we have done but on the basis of his mercy, through the washing of the new birth and the renewing of the Holy Spirit,

It trains us to reject godless ways and worldly desires and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

He gave himself for us to set us free from every kind of lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are truly his, who are eager to do good.

For we too were once foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to various passions and desires, spending our lives in evil and envy, hateful and hating one another.

Everyone with me greets you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all.

But “when the kindness of God our Savior and his love for mankind appeared,

And so, since we have been justified by his grace, we become heirs with the confident expectation of eternal life.”

To Titus, my genuine son in a common faith. Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior!

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

as we wait for the happy fulfillment of our hope in the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Here is another way that our people can learn to engage in good works to meet pressing needs and so not be unfruitful.

not pilfering, but showing all good faith, in order to bring credit to the teaching of God our Savior in everything.

This saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on such truths, so that those who have placed their faith in God may be intent on engaging in good works. These things are good and beneficial for all people.