Titus 1 - Coverdale Miles 1535  Bible

¹ Pavl the seruaunt of God, and an Apostle off Iesus Christ, to preach the faith off Gods electe, and the knowlege of ye trueth, which ledeth vnto godlynes,

² vpon the hope of eternall life: which God that can not lye hath promysed before the tymes of the worlde:

³ but at his tyme hath opened his worde thorow preachinge, which is commytted vnto me acordinge to the commaundemet of God oure Sauioure.

⁴ Vnto Titus my naturall sonne after ye comen faith. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the father, and fro the LORDE Iesu Christ oure Sauioure.

⁵ For this cause left I the in Creta, that thou shuldest perfourme that which was lackynge, and shuldest ordeyne Elders in euery cite, as I appoynted ye.

⁶ Yf eny be blamelesse, the hussbande of one wife, hauynge faithfull children, which are not slaundred or ryote, nether are dishobedient.

⁷ For a Bisshoppe must be blamelesse, as the stewarde of God: not wylfull, not angrye, not geuen vnto moch wyne, no fyghter, not gredye of filthye lucre:

⁸ but harbarous, one that loueth goodnes, sober mynded, righteous, holy, temperate,

⁹ and soch one as cleueth vnto the true worde of doctryne: that he maye be able to exhorte with wholsome lernynge,

¹⁰ For there are many dishobedient, and talkers of vanite, and disceauers of myndes: namely they of the circucision,

¹¹ whose mouthes must be stopped: which peruerte whole houses, teachinge thinges which they oughte not, because of filthye lucre.

¹² One of them selues euen their awne prophet, sayde: The Cretayns are alwayes lyars, euell beestes, and slowe belies.

¹³ This witnesse is true. Wherfore rebuke them sharply, yt they maye be sounde in the faith,

¹⁴ and not to take hede vnto Iewes fables and commaundementes of men, which turne them awaye from the trueth.

¹⁵ Vnto ye cleane are all thinges cleane: but. to the vncleane

¹⁶ They saye that they knowe God, but with the dedes they denye him: for so moch as they are abhominable and dishobedient, and vnmete to all good workes.