Catholic Public Domain Version
"to Titus, beloved son according to the common faith. Grace and peace, from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Savior. "
— Titus 1:4, Catholic Public Domain Version
“To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.”
“to Titus, my true child after a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour. ”
“to Titus, my true child according to a common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.”
“To Titus, my genuine son in a common faith. Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior!”
“To Titus, my beloved son according to the common faith, grace and peace, from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Saviour.”
“To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.”
“To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.”
Paul, a servant of God and an Apostle of Jesus Christ, in accord with the faith of God’s elect and in acknowledgment of the truth which is accompanied by piety,
in the hope of the eternal life that God, who does not lie, promised before the ages of time,
which, at the proper time, he has manifested by his Word, in the preaching that has been entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior;
to Titus, beloved son according to the common faith. Grace and peace, from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Savior.
For this reason, I left you behind in Crete: so that those things which are lacking, you would correct, and so that you would ordain, throughout the communities, priests, (just as I also ordained you)
if such a man is without offense, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of self-indulgence, nor of insubordination.
And a bishop, as a steward of God, must be without offense: not arrogant, not short-tempered, not a drunkard, not violent, not desiring tainted profit,