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Titus 1:7
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Titus 1:7
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For a bishop
[a]
must be blameless, as a steward of God, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money,
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For this reason I left you in Crete, that you should set in order the things that are lacking, and appoint elders in every city as I commanded you--
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if a man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of dissipation or insubordination.
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For a bishop must be blameless, as a steward of God, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money,
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but hospitable, a lover of what is good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled,
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holding fast the faithful word as he has been taught, that he may be able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort and convict those who contradict.
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[a].
Literally overseer
Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.