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Titus 1:6

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4 To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.

5 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:

If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.

7 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;

8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;

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BSB
An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, having children who are believers and who are not open to accusation of indiscretion or insubordination.
KJV
If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
WEB
if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.
ASV
if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children that believe, who are not accused of riot or unruly.
DARBY
if any one be free from all charge [against him], husband of one wife, having believing children not accused of excess or unruly.
BLB
if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having believing children, not under accusation of debauchery, or insubordinate.
ÅB
om noen er ulastelig, én kvinnes mann, og har troende barn som ikke har ondt ord på seg for ryggesløshet eller er gjenstridige.
OTB
En eldste må være ulastelig, én kvinnes mann, med troende barn som ikke kan anklages for utsvevelser eller ulydighet.
B1930
om nogen er ulastelig, én kvinnes mann, og har troende barn som ikke har ondt ord på sig for ryggesløshet eller er gjenstridige.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 1 Timothy 3:2–7

    A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

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  • 1 Timothy 3:12

    Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

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  • Proverbs 28:7

    Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.

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  • Titus 1:6–8

    If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.

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  • Genesis 18:19

    For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

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  • Ephesians 5:18

    And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

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  • Ezekiel 44:22

    Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.

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  • 1 Samuel 2:11

    And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.

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