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(if any are blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children who are not accused of wastefulness or disobedient).

For an overseer must be blameless, as God’s steward, not willful, not angry, not given to wine, not a brawler, not greedy;

but hospitable, one who loves goodness, wise, righteous, holy, temperate,

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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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Footnotes

  1. Titus 1:6 Or children are trustworthy