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¹神的仆人，耶稣基督的使徒保罗，凭着　神选民的信心与敬虔真理的知识，Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness,

²盼望那无谎言的　神在万古之先所应许的永生，in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.

³到了日期，借着传扬的工夫把他的道显明了；这传扬的责任是按着　神—我们救主的命令交托了我。In His own time He has made His word evident in the proclamation entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior.

⁴现在写信给提多，就是照着我们共信之道作我真儿子的。愿恩惠、平安从父　神和我们的救主基督耶稣归与你！To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

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⁵我从前留你在克里特，是要你将那没有办完的事都办整齐了，又照我所吩咐你的，在各城设立长老。The reason I left you in Crete was that you would set in order what was unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.

⁶若有无可指责的人，只作一个妇人的丈夫，儿女也是信主的，没有人告他们是放荡不服约束的，就可以设立。An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, having children who are believers and who are not open to accusation of indiscretion or insubordination.

⁷监督既是　神的管家，必须无可指责，不任性，不暴躁，不因酒滋事，不打人，不贪无义之财；As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money.

⁸乐意接待远人，好善，庄重，公平，圣洁自持；Instead, he must be hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.

⁹坚守所教真实的道理，就能将纯正的教训劝化人，又能把争辩的人驳倒了。He must hold firmly to the faithful word as it was taught, so that he can encourage others by sound teaching and refute those who contradict it.

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¹⁰因为有许多人不服约束，说虚空话欺哄人；那奉割礼的更是这样。For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision,

¹¹这些人的口总要堵住。他们因贪不义之财，将不该教导的教导人，败坏人的全家。who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.

¹²有克里特人中的一个本地先知说：“克里特人常说谎话，乃是恶兽，又馋又懒。”As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”

¹³这个见证是真的。所以，你要严严地责备他们，使他们在真道上纯全无疵，This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sternly, so that they will be sound in the faith

¹⁴不听犹太人荒渺的言语和离弃真道之人的诫命。and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected the truth.

¹⁵在洁净的人，凡物都洁净；在污秽不信的人，什么都不洁净，连心地和天良也都污秽了。To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.

¹⁶他们说是认识　神，行事却和他相背；本是可憎恶的，是悖逆的，在各样善事上是可废弃的。They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.