Titus 1:10 - Plain English Version10 You see, there are lots of people that don’t do what God says. They talk about a lot of things that don’t matter. They also try to trick people. They want people to believe what they say. They are the people that say that we Christians have to follow all the Jewish laws to get God to save us. Ver CapítuloMás versionesKing James Version (Oxford) 176910 For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision: Ver CapítuloAmplified Bible - Classic Edition10 For there are many disorderly and unruly men who are idle (vain, empty) and misleading talkers and self-deceivers and deceivers of others. [This is true] especially of those of the circumcision party [who have come over from Judaism]. Ver CapítuloAmerican Standard Version (1901)10 For there are many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision, Ver CapítuloCommon English Bible10 In fact, there are many who are rebellious people, loudmouths, and deceivers, especially some of those who are Jewish believers. Ver CapítuloCatholic Public Domain Version10 For there are, indeed, many who are disobedient, who speak empty words, and who deceive, especially those who are of the circumcision. Ver Capítulo |
I know that after I go away from here, other people will come to you, and they will teach you lies. They will try to trick all of God’s people. They will be like cheeky dingoes that kill sheep. Even in your own group of Christians, some men will get up and say things to trick other Christians. They will change the true story and tell it wrong, so they can get people to follow them.
We have to remember that God gave that law to punish the people that do bad things, not the people that do good things. That law is there to stop bad people, and cheeky people, and people that forget about God and everything that belongs to God. It is there to stop people that want to kill their own father or mother, and people that want to murder other people.
Now I want to tell you what church leaders have to be like. They have to be really good people, so that nobody can say anything bad about them. A church leader can only have one wife, and he can’t sleep with any other woman, like a husband sleeps with his wife. His kids have to believe in God, and they have to do the right things and not get into trouble. His kids have to do what he says.