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Titus 1:1. Paul, servant of God, and Apostle... of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, that is, according to the faith for which the Apostles were chosen, knowledge of truth and truth, and Titus 1:2. hope of life, eternal... which was promised God before... eternal times, that is, from the days of Abraham His beloved. Titus 1:3. He showed us the word... sermons... in his time, according to the economy of the promise, which in all (previous) generations was hidden and was not revealed to anyone, but to us, the Apostles, it was revealed at His coming, so that we would be its preachers. So, this Gospel was entrusted to me by command... of God... Savior of the world. Titus 1:4. Titus beloved son, not by carnal birth, for he is a pagan and I am a Jew, but God, through whom I gave birth to you from error to the knowledge of the truth. Grace be with you and peace from God the Father ours for everything you do, – and from the Lord Jesus Christ, and not through our Lord Jesus Christ. Titus 1:5. That's why I left you in Crete, so that what is missing, you corrected and appointed elders not in any one city, but to different cities, as I commanded you. So, the very thing that I commanded you in words in my presence, now I have written to you in a letter in my absence. Titus 1:6. If anyone is innocent one... wife... husband, has... children... faithful, so that the sacrament that is placed in his house will not be subject to blasphemy and ridicule. He does not act according to the will of his soul, but on the advice of those who are with him. And he loves not because of (temporary) goods, but all that is good. And you maintain the holiness with which you were honored in baptism (Titus 1:7–8). Moreover, he must hold to the right word of doctrine (according to doctrine), Titus 1:9. so that he... is strong... and exhorts, that is, to comfort the hearers and instruct them in the doctrine of the truth, - and those who shout against Titus 1:10. For there are many to lead a spiritual life, but prefer to fulfill the (old) law; since there is no truth in them, these idle talkers do no signs or wonders, but although they are so poor (in truth and deeds), nevertheless - especially those who are from circumcision. Titus 1:11. What x should expose, not only by our deeds, which are so different from their actions, but also by strong words, in front of everyone, at the meeting, and by signs and wonders, especially through their actions, for they have no shame. they succeeded by teaching not the truth, but It is not for the sake of the promised life that they teach, but for the sake of... shameful agony of acquisition their own - all their acquisitions are unclean, since they receive benefit for themselves through the death (spiritual) of people. Titus 1:12. One of them said somewhere, their own prophet: “The Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, idle wombs.” Titus 1:13. This testimony is true. The one who spoke these words is called “the prophet of them,” either because he said something about them that was fulfilled over them as if through a prophecy, but not in such a way that he predicted about this before they existed, since he wrote what he saw in them and reproaches them, not at all afraid of them. Or one of the prophets of the New Testament said this, condemning them, and the Apostle wrote this to them as if to reproach them. He says, and you, in the likeness of him who prophesied about them, rebuke them severely, so that they may be sound in the faith, Titus 1:14. Let them not heed the fables of the Jews and the commandments of the people, understand their priests - and let them not, through the shadows of the past, turn their minds away from the truth that is preached through us. But for the Jews, whose intentions are unclean, and they do not believe the word of our Lord, who said: “It is not what enters into... a man... that defiles him” (Matthew 15:11, Mark 7:15), - for them there is nothing pure except what is written in their law. But they are desecrated - with your conscience - in relation to marriage, and with your mind - in relation to food. Titus 1:16. They claim to know God, but deny by deeds. since they do not believe the new Gospel, they remain in the same unbelief and incapable of any deed... good... You might be interested in: