1. Paul, a servant of God, and an emissary of Yeshua the Messiah, according to the faith of God’s chosen ones, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,
2. in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;
3. but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Saviour;
4. to Titus, my true child according to a common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Yeshua the Messiah our Saviour.
5. I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking, and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you;