Titus 1:5-9
King James Version
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3But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;Select Titus 1:3
4To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.Select Titus 1:4
5For 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:Select Titus 1:5
6If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.Select Titus 1:6
7For 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;Select Titus 1:7
8But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;Select Titus 1:8
9Holding 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.Select Titus 1:9
10For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:Select Titus 1:10
11Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.Select Titus 1:11
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WEB
1:5 I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking, and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you;
1:6 if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.
1:7 For the overseer must be blameless, as God’s steward; not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;
1:8 but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober minded, fair, holy, self-controlled;
1:9 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
1:5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that were wanting, and appoint elders in every city, as I gave thee charge;
1:6 if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children that believe, who are not accused of riot or unruly.
1:7 For the bishop must be blameless, as God’s steward; not self-willed, not soon angry, no brawler, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre;
1:8 but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled;
1:9 holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able both to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict the gainsayers.
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