Titus Paul the seruaunt of God and an Apostle of Iesu Christ to preache the fayth of goddis electe and ye knowledge of that trueth which is after godlynes

Tyndale⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Paul the seruaunt of God and an Apostle of Iesu Christ to preache the fayth of goddis electe and ye knowledge of that trueth which is after godlynes ² vpon the hope of eternall lyfe which lyfe God that cannot lye hath promised before the worlde begane: ³ but hath opened his worde at ye tyme apoynted thorow preachynge which preachynge is committed vnto me by the commaundement of god oure saveoure. ⁴ To Titus his naturall sonne in the commen fayth.Grace mercie and peace from God the father and from the lord Iesu Christ oure saveoure. ⁵ For this cause left I ye in Creta that thou shuldest performe that which was lackynge and shuldest ordeyne elders in every citie as I apoynted the. ⁶ Yf eny be fautelesse the husbande of one wyfe havynge faythfull childre which are not selandred of royote nether are disobediet. ⁷ For a bisshoppe must be fautelesse as it be commeth the minister of God: not stubborne not angrye no dronkarde no fyghter not geven to filthy lucre: ⁸ but herberous one that loveth goodnes sobre mynded righteous holy temperat ⁹ and suche as cleveth vnto the true worde of doctryne that he maye be able to exhorte with wholsom learnynge and to improve them that saye agaynst it. ¹⁰ For ther are many disobedient and talkers of vanite and disceavers of myndes namely they of the circumcisio ¹¹ whose mouthes must be stopped which pervert whole houses teachinge thinges which they ought not because of filthy lucre. ¹² One beynge of the selves which was a poyet of their awne sayde: The Cretayns are all wayes lyars evyll beastes and slowe belies. ¹³ This witnes is true wherfore rebuke them sharply that they maye be sounde in the fayth ¹⁴ and not takynge hede to Iewes fables and commaudmentes of men that turne from the trueth. ¹⁵ Vnto the pure are all thynges pure: but vnto them that are defiled and vnbelevynge is nothynge pure: but even the very myndes and consciences of them are defiled. ¹⁶ They confesse that they knowe god: but with the dedes they denye hym and are abhominable and disobedient and vnto all good workes discommendable.