Sacred Scripture

Titus 1

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

2. 2 Unto the hope of life everlasting, which God, who lieth not, hath promised before the times of the world:

   Ante-Nicene Fathers · 2

   • Clement (1)
   • The Epistles of Clement (1)

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

4. 4 To Titus, my beloved son according to the common faith, grace and peace, from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Saviour.

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

   Ante-Nicene Fathers · 3

   • Clement of Alexandria (1)
   • Origen (1)
   • Tertullian (1)

6. 6 If any be without crime, the husband of one wife. having faithful children, not accused of riot or unruly.

   Ante-Nicene Fathers · 3

   • Apostolic Teaching and Constitutions (1)
   • Clement of Alexandria (1)
   • Tertullian (2)

7. 7 For a bishop must be without crime, as the steward of God: not proud, not subject to anger, nor given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre:

   Ante-Nicene Fathers · 2

   • Clement of Rome (1)
   • Cyprian (1)

8. 8 But given to hospitality, gentle, sober, just, holy, continent:

9. 9 Embracing that faithful word which is according to doctrine, that he may be able to exhort in sound doctrine and to convince the gainsayers.

   Ante-Nicene Fathers · 1

   • Origen (1)

10. 10 For there are also many disobedient, vain talkers and seducers: especially they who are of the circumcision.

    Ante-Nicene Fathers · 2

    • Clement of Alexandria (1)
    • Ignatius (1)

11. 11 Who must be reproved, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.

12. 12 One of them a prophet of their own, said: The Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, slothful bellies.

    Ante-Nicene Fathers · 4

    • Origen (1)
    • Tatian (1)
    • Tertullian (2)
    • Writings of Athenagoras (1)

13. 13 This testimony is true. Wherefore, rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith:

14. 14 Not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn themselves away from the truth.

15. 15 All things are clean to the clean: but to them that are defiled and to unbelievers, nothing is clean: but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.

    Ante-Nicene Fathers · 5

    • Clement of Alexandria (1)
    • Cyprian (1)
    • Novatian (1)
    • Origen (1)
    • Tertullian (1)

16. 16 They profess that they know God: but in their works they deny him: being abominable and incredulous and to every good work reprobate.

    Ante-Nicene Fathers · 1

    • Clement of Alexandria (1)