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Titus 1:6

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If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.

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KJV King James Version

If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, having children who are believers and who are not open to accusation of indiscretion or insubordination.

WEB World English Bible

if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.

ASV American Standard Version

if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children that believe, who are not accused of riot or unruly.

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

if any one is blameless, of one wife a husband, having children stedfast, not under accusation of riotous living or insubordinate—

Surrounding context — Titus 1

3 But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;

4 To Titus, [mine] own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, [and] peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.

5 For 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:

6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.

7 For 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;

8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;

9 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.

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1 Timothy 3:2-7A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;1 Timothy 3:12Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.Proverbs 28:7Whoso keepeth the law [is] a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous [men] shameth his father.Titus 1:6-8If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.Ephesians 5:18And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;Genesis 18:19For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.1 Samuel 2:22Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled [at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.1 Thessalonians 5:14Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all [men].Leviticus 21:14A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, [or] an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.1 Samuel 2:11And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.1 Samuel 3:12-13In that day I will perform against Eli all [things] which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end.Titus 1:10For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:Leviticus 21:7They shall not take a wife [that is] a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he [is] holy unto his God.Ezekiel 44:22Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.Malachi 2:15And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.1 Samuel 2:29-30Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded [in my] habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?Luke 1:5There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife [was] of the daughters of Aaron, and her name [was] Elisabeth.