The Gabriel Bible

The Gabriel Bible

TITUS (with Strong’s numbers)

Titus has not had the English modernized yet, except for occasional verses. Word processing has been done, particularly replacement of obsolete words.

The letter of Paul to Titus

Introduction

Titus 1: Paul, a servant of Yehovah’, and a herald* of Yeshua the Messiah; according to the faith of the Select of Yehovah, and the knowledge of the truth that is in the fear of Yehovah, 2 concerning the hope of eternal life, that the veracious Yehovah promised before the times of the world; 3 and in due time he has manifested his word, by means of our announcement, which was confided to me by the command of Yehovah our Life-giver; 4 to Titus, a real son after the common faith: *merciful kindness* and peace from Yehovah our Father, and from our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, our Life-giver. 5 For this reason I left you in Crete, that you might regulate the things deficient, and establish elders in every city, as I directed you: 6 him who is blameless, who is the husband of one wife, and has believing children, who arent riotous or insubordinate. 7 For an elder should be blameless, as the steward of Yehovah; and not be self-willed, nor irascible, nor excessive in wine, nor with hands swift to strike, nor a lover of base gains. 8 But he should be a lover of strangers, and a lover of good deeds, and be sober, upright, kind-hearted, and restraining himself from evil passions; 9 and studious of the doctrine of the word of faith, that he may be able by his wholesome teaching to both console, and to rebuke those who are contentious. 10 For many aren’t submissive, and their discourses vain; and they mislead the minds of people, especially those of the circumcision. 11 Their mouths should be stopped: they corrupt many families; and they teach what they shouldnt, for the sake of base gains. 12 One of them, a prophet of their own, said, The Cretans are always mendacious, evil beasts, idle bellies. 13 This testimony is true. So chide them sharply; that they may be sound in the faith, 14 and may not throw themselves into Jewish fables, and into the precepts of men who hate the truth. 15 For to the pure, everything is pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but their understanding is defiled, and their conscience. 16 They profess that they know Yehovah, but in their works they deny him; and they are odious, and disobedient, and to every good work reprobates.

Titus 2: But speak the things that belong to wholesome doctrine. 2 Teach the older men to be watchful in their minds, and to be sober, and to be pure, and to be sound in the faith, and in love and in patience. 3 So also the elder women, that their behavior becomes the fear of Yehovah; and not being slanderers; nor addicted to much wine; and to be inculcators of good things, 4 making the younger women to be modest, to love their husbands and their children, 5 to be chaste and holy, and to take good care of their households, and to be obedient to their husbands; so that no one may reproach the word of Yehovah. 6 Likewise exhort young men to be sober. 7 In everything show yourself a pattern, as to all good works: and in your teaching, let your discourse be healthful, 8 such as is sober and uncorrupt; and let no one despise it: so that he who rises up against us, may be ashamed, seeing he can say nothing odious against us. 9 Let servants obey their Masters in everything, and strive to please them, and not contradict, nor pilfer; 10 but let them manifest that their fidelity, in all respects, is good: so that they may adorn the doctrine of Yehovah our Life-giver, in all things. 11 For the life giving *merciful kindness* of Yehovah, is revealed to all men; 12 and it teaches us, to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, and to live in this world in sobriety, and in uprightness, and in the fear of Yehovah, 13 looking for the blessed hope, and the manifestation of the praise of the great Yehovah, and our Life-giver, Yeshua the Messiah; 14 who gave himself for us, that he might recover us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a new people, who is zealous in good works. 15 Speak these things, and exhort, and inculcate, with all authority; and let no one despise you.

Titus 3: And admonish them to be submissive and obedient to princes and potentates; and that they be ready for every good work; 2 and that they dont speak ill of any man; that they dont be contentious, but mild; and that in every thing they manifest benignity towards all men. 3 For we also were formerly reckless, and disobedient, and erring, and serving diverse lusts, and living in malice and envy, and were hateful and also hating one another. 4 But when the kindness and compassion of Yehovah our Life-giver was revealed, 5 not by works of righteousness which we had done, but according to his mercy, he [endows us with life], by the washing of the new birth, and by the renovation of the Holy Spirit, 6 which he shed on us abundantly, by Yeshua the Messiah our Life-giver: 7 that we might be justified by his *merciful kindness*, and become heirs in the hope of eternal life. 8 Faithful is the word: and in these things, I would have you also establish them; so that they, who have believed in Yehovah, may be careful to cultivate good works: these are the things, which are good, and profitable to men. 9 But avoid foolish questions, and stories of genealogies, and the disputes and *doctrinal arguments with the scribes* [1]; for there is no profit in them, and they are vain. 10 An heretical man, after you have admonished him once and again, avoid him: 11 and know that such a man is perverse, and sinful, and condemns himself. 12 When I send Artemas to you, or Tychicus, strive to come to me at Nicopolis; for I have decided to winter there. 13 As for Zenas the scribe, and Apollos, endeavor to help them well on their way, that they may lack nothing. 14 Let our people learn also to perform good works, on occasions of emergency, that they may not be unfruitful. 15 All those who are with me salute you. Salute all of them who love us in the faith. *merciful kindness* be with you all. Amen.

End of the letter to Titus, that was written in Nicopolis, and was sent by Zenas and Apollos.

[1] See why the issue is not “the Law”, it is “the scribes”! Keyword debating.

*An asterisk indicates that a word* or *the wording* differs significantly from the Murdock Translation.