1. Paul, a slave of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to build up the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness,
2. in the hope of eternal life that God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.
3. In His own time He has revealed His message in the proclamation that I was entrusted with by the command of God our Savior:
4. To Titus, my true son in our common faith.Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
5. The reason I left you in Crete was to set right what was left undone and, as I directed you, to appoint elders in every town: