The King James Version Bible

Titus 1:1-8

  1. Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;

  2. In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

  3. But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;

  4. To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.

  5. For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:

  6. If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.

  7. For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;

  8. But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;