1. From Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ. I was sent to help the faith of God’s chosen people. I was sent to help them to know the truth. And that truth shows people how to serve God.
2. That faith and that knowledge come from our hope for life forever. God promised that life to us before time began, and God does not lie.
3. At the right time God let the world know about that life through preaching. He trusted me with that work, and I preached because God our Savior commanded me to.
4. To Titus. You are like a true son to me in the faith we share.Grace and peace to you from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
5. I left you in Crete so that you could finish doing the things that still needed to be done. I left you there also so that you could choose men to be elders in every town.
6. To be an elder, a man must not be guilty of doing wrong. He must have only one wife. His children must be believers. They must not be known as children who are wild and who do not obey.
7. An overseer has the job of taking care of God’s work. So he must not be guilty of doing wrong. He must not be a man who is proud and selfish or who becomes angry quickly. He must not drink too much wine. He must not be a person who likes to fight. And he must not be a person who always tries to get rich by cheating people.