November 12, 2012, Reading

1:1	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,
1:2	in the hope of the eternal life that God, who does not lie, promised before the ages of time,
1:3	som, vid rätt tidpunkt, he has manifested by his Word, in the preaching that has been entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior;
1:4	to Titus, beloved son according to the common faith. Grace and peace, from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Savior.
1:5	Av denna anledning, 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)
1:6	if such a man is without offense, en hustrus man, having faithful children, not accused of self-indulgence, nor of insubordination.
1:7	And a bishop, as a steward of God, must be without offense: not arrogant, not short-tempered, inte en fyllare, not violent, not desiring tainted profit,
1:8	men istället: gästfri, kind, nykter, just, holy, kysk,
1:9	embracing faithful speech which is in agreement with doctrine, so that he may be able to exhort in sound doctrine and to argue against those who contradict.

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