1:1  
    [kjv]  Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;
    [bbe]  Paul, a servant of God, and an Apostle of Jesus Christ, in agreement with the faith of the saints of God and the full knowledge of what is true in harmony with religion,
1:2
    [kjv]  In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
    [bbe]  In the hope of eternal life, which was made certain before eternal time, by the word of God who is ever true;
1:3  
    [kjv]  But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;
    [bbe]  Who, in his time, made clear his word in the good news, of which, by the order of God our Saviour, I became a preacher;
1:4  
    [kjv]  To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.
    [bbe]  To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.
1:5
    [kjv]  For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:
    [bbe]  I did not take you with me when I went away from Crete, so that you might do what was necessary to put things in order there, placing men in authority over the churches in every town, as I said to you;
1:6  
    [kjv]  If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
    [bbe]  Men having a good record, husbands of one wife, whose children are of the faith, children of whom it may not be said that they are given to loose living or are uncontrolled.
1:7
    [kjv]  For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
    [bbe]  For it is necessary for a Bishop to be a man of virtue, as God's servant; not pushing himself forward, not quickly moved to wrath or blows, not desiring profit for himself;
1:8  
    [kjv]  But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
    [bbe]  But opening his hou............