KJV King James Version
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;
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Titus 1:7
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;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money.
WEB World English Bible
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;
ASV American Standard Version
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;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
for it behoveth the overseer to be blameless, as God’s steward, not self-pleased, nor irascible, not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre;
Surrounding context — Titus 1
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.
10 For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
δεῖG1163 · deibe necessaryγὰρG1063 · garforτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoἐπίσκοπονG1985 · episkoposoverseerἀνέγκλητονG410 · anegklētosirreproachableεἶναιG1511 · einaito existὡςG5613 · hōsas/whenθεοῦG2316 · theosGodοἰκονόμον,G3623 · oikonomosmanagerμὴG3361 · mēnotαὐθάδη,G829 · authadēsself-willedμὴG3361 · mēnotὀργίλον,G3711 · orgilosquick-temperedμὴG3361 · mēnotπάροινον,G3943 · paroinosdrunkenμὴG3361 · mēnotπλήκτην,G4131 · plēktēsbullyμὴG3361 · mēnotαἰσχροκερδῆ,G146 · aischrokerdēsgreedy
Cross-references
Ephesians 5:18And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;2 Peter 2:10But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous [are they], selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.1 Peter 5:2Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight [thereof], not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;1 Peter 4:10As every man hath received the gift, [even so] minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.James 1:19-20Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:Luke 12:42And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom [his] lord shall make ruler over his household, to give [them their] portion of meat in due season?Proverbs 14:17[He that is] soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.Ezekiel 44:21Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.2 Timothy 2:24-25And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all [men], apt to teach, patient,Isaiah 28:7But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble [in] judgment.1 Timothy 3:1-13This [is] a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.Isaiah 56:10-12His watchmen [are] blind: they are all ignorant, they [are] all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.Proverbs 15:18A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but [he that is] slow to anger appeaseth strife.Titus 2:3The aged women likewise, that [they be] in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;Matthew 24:45Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?Proverbs 16:32[He that is] slow to anger [is] better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.Proverbs 31:4-5[It is] not for kings, O Lemuel, [it is] not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:Genesis 49:6O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.
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