Titus 1:1 Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Emmanuel the Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging.(original can also mean 'knowledge').of the truth which is after.(or, as the original has it 'according to').godliness.

Notice that the knowledge of the truth is according to how godly you have become.

Titus 1:2 In hope.(not a hope that it may come, but an assurance, a sureness that you have it now:.Colossians 2:2; Titus 3:7; 1John 1:2; Hebrews 6:11;).of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began.(*);

God's plan for the universe is all encompassing.

Titus 1:3 But has in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;

Titus 1:5 For this cause left I you in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee.

Titus 1:6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.(children who are obstinate:.1Timothy 3:4).

Titus 1:7 For a bishop.(original is 'overseer, 'one qualified to help others', a mature Christian, a pastor or teacher).must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled.(original is 'concerned with pleasing himself', selfish), not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre.(an overconcern with money).

Titus 1:8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men.(original 'good friends', so, 'a lover of hospitality and good friends'), sober.(orignal 'well grounded', that is, sensible, having commonsense, practical, not silly), just, holy, temperate;

Titus 1:9 Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.

Able to converse.intelligently.

Titus 1:10 For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision.

Who were these?.Galatians 2:12.

Titus 1:11 Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's.(original for 'lucre' is 'shameful gain' which is illicit selfish gain made at expense and/or harm to another or others).sake.

Titus 1:12 One of themselves, even a prophet of their own said The Cretians.(inhabitants of the island of Crete).are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.(Philippians 3:19).

Titus 1:13 This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;

Titus 1:14 Not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.

Traditions of worship that often have little if anything, to do with the truth.

Titus 1:15 Unto the pure all things are pure, but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving.(1Timothy 1:13).is nothing pure, but even their mind and conscience is defiled.(1Timothy 4:1,2).

One should shy away from doing anything that their intuition wells up to their mind that is doubtful. See AskSuby for quick guidance.

Titus 1:16 They profess that they know God, but in works they deny him, being abominable and disobedient and unto every good work.reprobate.(that is, 'not standing the test':.1John 4:1).

Titus 2:2 That the aged men be sober.(original 'calm', 'collected', a well balanced person'), grave.(original 'worthy of attention as an example', 'honest'), temperate.(not excessive; self controlled), sound in faith.(not worried), in charity, in patience.

Titus 2:3 The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becomes holiness, not false accusers.(original is 'devil'), not given to much wine, teachers of good things;

Titus 2:4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,

Titus 2:5 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

Titus 2:6 Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.

Titus 2:7 In all things showing yourself a pattern of good works; in doctrine.(original 'teaching').showing uncorruptness.(original 'integrity', not playing mind games), gravity, sincerity,

Titus 2:8.Sound speech, that cannot be condemned.(is not offending to others); that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.

Titus 2:9 Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters and to please them well in all things; not answering again;

Titus 2:10 Not purloining, but showing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine.(original 'teaching').of God our Savior in all things.

Titus 2:11 For the grace of God makes salvation appear to all mankind.

Titus 2:11 For the grace of God makes salvation appear to all mankind.

Note that it's God's grace that brings salvation and not God requiring our keeping of laws as the ancients agreed to do in Old Testement times:.Exodus 19:7,8. Salvation is here and now, thanks to what Christ did for mankind to awaken to. Once man awakens, he knows his true statein eternity and he doesn't awaken until the grace of God is upon him:.1Corinthians 1:4. In other words 'the grace of Creator-God upon one is his salvation through awakening'. The Creator looks to you, wants you and you are awakened to your saving from the perils of the world by the resurrected life of He who gave His physical life for our lives and so then, when in Christ we are then saved because of this decision God made regarding you and others who may awaken at this time:.Romans 8:37-39. Do something good with your life because good is of God and consider the many spiritual prompts that daily come to you. The thoughts that come to you fit in that you are of God or of your own choice (*).

Titus 2:12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously and godly, in this present world;

Titus 2:13 Looking.(where does one look?).for that blessed hope and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Emmanuel the Christ;

The verse could have been better translated:.'trusting God to bring us along the pathway lit by the example Emmanuel left for us'.

Titus 2:14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

Titus 2:14 Who gave himself for us, that he might.(no 'might' about it; word 'might' not in the original).redeem us from all iniquity.(*).and purify unto himself.(Ephesians 2:10).a peculiar.(original 'things of one's own'; that is, things of God; we belong to God and are His people once He has given us the Holy Spirit, which is the same nature of love God has if we choose to follow:.Acts 17:30).people, zealous of good works.

Notice it is Him that redeems, purifies and helps us to come into more and more higher consciousness thinking and actions, the result of being in Christ. We were already saved, but didn't know it:.2Timothy 1:9.

Titus 2:15 These things speak and exhort and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise you.

Original for 'Let no man despise you' is 'Despise no one, not even yourself'; and how? conduct yourself with dignity.

Titus 3:1 Put them in mind to be subject to.principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,

Titus 3:2 To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, showing all meekness unto all mankind.

Titus 3:3 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another..(1Corinthians 6:11; 2Corinthians 4:2)

Titus 3:4 But after.(or, 'because of').that, the kindness and love of God.(*).our Saviour toward man appeared,

God loves mankind so very much (John 3:16,17) He became the Son who appeared on Earth in the physical form of the One called Emmanuel; verses 4,5 here show that mankind without God couldn't develop righteousness that would in any way awaken him to his true state.

Titus 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

Titus 3:5 Not by.(or, 'because of').works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us.(when was this?.2Timothy 1:9; the word 'saved' means a lot more than what it seems to just mean on the surface, it also means to become whole by awakening to one's true state), by the washing of regeneration.(original means 'new birth').(*).and renewing.(the physical body is set up to automatically renew as is also the invisible, but very real, spiritual body of us, so we can grow further, can mature in life:.1John 2:12-14; all is sustained.by the energy of the Father-Creator, by means of the essence of the wholeness of spirit, the so-called Holy Ghost or Holy Spirit).of the Holy Ghost;

Titus 3:6 Which he shed on us abundantly through Emmanuel the Christ our Saviour;

Titus 3:7 That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Original is.'That being justified by his grace, we then are heirs according to the hope of eternal living'; and it's 'according to' because, as hope is a spiritual quailty, an attribute of joy, as grace also is, it's a supply like all things from the spirit of the Creator.

Titus 3:8 This is a faithful saying and these things I will that you affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men..(*)

Titus 3:9 But avoid foolish questions and genealogies and contentions and strivings about the law.(such as: Mark 12:13; John 8:5), for they are unprofitable and vain.

Titus 3:10 A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject..(?)

Titus 3:11 Knowing that he that is such is subverted and sinneth, being condemned of himself.

Titus 3:12 When I shall send Artemas unto you or Tychicus, be diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis, for I have determined there to winter.

Titus 3:13 Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, that nothing be wanting unto them.

Titus 3:14 And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.