Titus 1:5-9

Qualifications for Elders

5 (A)This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and (B)appoint elders in every town as I directed you— 6 (C)if anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife,[a] and his children are believers[b] and not open to the charge of (D)debauchery or insubordination. 7 For an overseer,[c] (E)as God’s steward, must be above reproach. He must not (F)be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent (G)or greedy for gain, 8 but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, (H)and disciplined. 9 He must (I)hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in (J)sound[d] doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.

Footnotes:

  1. Titus 1:6 Or a man of one woman
  2. Titus 1:6 Or are faithful
  3. Titus 1:7 Or bishop; Greek episkopos
  4. Titus 1:9 Or healthy; also verse 13

Cross references:

  1. Titus 1:5 : [1 Tim. 1:3]
  2. Titus 1:5 : [Acts 14:23; 2 Tim. 2:2]
  3. Titus 1:6 : For ver. 6-8, see 1 Tim. 3:2-4
  4. Titus 1:6 : See Eph. 5:18
  5. Titus 1:7 : Luke 12:42; 1 Cor. 4:1; 1 Pet. 4:10
  6. Titus 1:7 : 2 Pet. 2:10
  7. Titus 1:7 : 1 Tim. 3:8; 1 Pet. 5:2
  8. Titus 1:8 : [1 Cor. 9:25]
  9. Titus 1:9 : [2 Thess. 2:13, 15]; See 1 Tim. 1:15; 2 Tim. 1:13
  10. Titus 1:9 : See 1 Tim. 1:10

English Standard Version (ESV)The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.

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