2 In the hope (or, on account of the hope) of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before eternal ages,
3 but hath manifested in his own times his word (or, by his word,) in the preaching which hath been committed to me, according to the appointment of God our Savior;
4 To Titus, my own son, according to the common faith, grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.
5 For this reason I left thee in Crete, that thou mightest continue to correct those things which are still wanting, f fc57 and mightst ordain presbyters f fc58in each city, as I appointed thee: