Titus

¹Proclaim what is consistent with sound doctrine: ²that older men should be temperate, sensible, sober-minded, sound in faith, love and patience. ³Likewise, older women should be reverent in behavior, not malicious gossips, nor enslaved to much wine, but teachers of what is good. ⁴They should instruct the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, ⁵to be sober-minded, chaste, homemakers, [and to be] kind. Young women should be in subjection to their own husbands, so that God’s word may not be disgraced. ⁶Likewise, exhort the younger men to be sober-minded. ⁷Be an example of good works in all things. In your teaching, be a model of²¹⁰³ integrity, seriousness, incorruptibility, ⁸and soundness of speech that is beyond reproach. This way, those who oppose you will be ashamed, having nothing bad to say about us. ⁹Exhort slaves to be in subjection to their own masters and well-pleasing in all things, not argumentative, ¹⁰not stealing, but [instead] trustworthy, so that they may make the doctrine of God our Savior attractive in every way. ¹¹Truly, the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all. ¹²It has taught us that we should deny what is ungodly and worldly lusts, that we should live soberly, righteously, and in a godly way in this present world, ¹³waiting for the blessed hope: the appearing²¹⁰⁴ of the glory of our great God and Savior²¹⁰⁵ Jesus Christ. ¹⁴He gave himself for us in order to redeem us from all iniquity and to purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works. ¹⁵Teach these things, exhort and reprove with complete authority. Let no one despise you!

2103. Or “show”
2104. Greek “epiphany”
2105. This is the preferred liturgical expression. Some translations have “of our Great God and [of the] Savior Jesus Christ” which is also possible and consistent with the similar construction in 1:4. St. John Chrysostom makes explicit reference to this text to establish that Christ is indeed called theos (PNF Volume 13, p. 207).