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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;
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if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children that believe, who are not accused of riot or unruly.
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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;
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but given to hospitality, as lover of good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled;
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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 the gainsayers.