(A)If any be unreproveable, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, which are not slandered of riot, neither are [a]disobedient.

[b]For a Bishop must be unreproveable, as God’s [c]steward, not [d]froward, not angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre,

But harberous, one that loveth goodness, [e]wise, righteous, holy, temperate,

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Footnotes

  1. Titus 1:6 This word is proper to horses and oxen, which will not abide the yoke.
  2. Titus 1:7 The second admonition, what faults pastors (whom he comprehended afore under the word Elders) ought to be void of, and what virtues they ought to have.
  3. Titus 1:7 Whom the Lord hath appointed steward of his gifts.
  4. Titus 1:7 Not hard conditioned, and evil to please.
  5. Titus 1:8 Circumspect, of a sound judgment, and of a singular example of moderation.

An elder must be blameless,(A) faithful to his wife, a man whose children believe[a] and are not open to the charge of being wild and disobedient. Since an overseer(B) manages God’s household,(C) he must be blameless—not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain.(D) Rather, he must be hospitable,(E) one who loves what is good,(F) who is self-controlled,(G) upright, holy and disciplined.

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  1. Titus 1:6 Or children are trustworthy