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Titus 1:9

God's wordTruth and honesty

7 As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-absorbed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money.

8 Instead, he must be hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.

He must hold firmly to the faithful word as it was taught, so that he can encourage others by sound teaching and refute those who contradict it.

10 For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision,

11 who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.

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BSB
He must hold firmly to the faithful word as it was taught, so that he can encourage others by sound teaching and refute those who contradict it.
KJV
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.
WEB
holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict those who contradict him.
ASV
holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict the gainsayers.
DARBY
clinging to the faithful word according to the doctrine taught, that he may be able both to encourage with sound teaching and refute gainsayers.
BLB
holding to the faithful word according to the teaching, that he may be able both to exhort in sound teaching and to convict those contradicting [it].
ÅB
en som holder fast ved det troverdige ord etter læren, for at han kan være i stand til både å formane ved den sunde lære og å tale til rette dem som sier imot.
OTB
Han må holde fast ved det troverdige ord som han er blitt undervist i, så han kan være i stand til å oppmuntre med den sunne lære og tilbakevise dem som sier imot.
B1930
en som holder fast ved det troverdige ord efter læren, forat han kan være i stand til både å formane ved den sunde lære og å tale til rette dem som sier imot.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 2 Thessalonians 2:15

    Therefore, brothers, stand firm and cling to the traditions we taught you, whether by speech or by letter.

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  • 2 Timothy 1:13

    Hold on to the pattern of sound teaching you have heard from me, with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

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  • 1 Timothy 6:3

    If anyone teaches another doctrine and disagrees with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and with godly teaching,

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  • 1 Timothy 1:10

    for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching

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  • Revelation 3:3

    Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you.

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  • Revelation 3:11

    I am coming soon. Hold fast to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.

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  • 1 Timothy 1:15

    This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst.

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  • 1 Corinthians 14:24

    But if an unbeliever or uninstructed person comes in while everyone is prophesying, he will be convicted and called to account by all,

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