Titus 1:7

Overview - Titus 1
For what end Titus was left in Crete.
How they that are to be chosen ministers ought to be qualified.
11 The mouths of evil teachers to be stopped;
12 and what manner of men they be.
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Titus 1:7  (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;
 


a bishop
5 ; Philippians 1:1 ; 1 Timothy 3:1 1 Timothy 3:2-13

as
Matthew 24:45 ; Luke 12:42 ; 1 Corinthians 4:1 1 Corinthians 4:2 ; 1 Peter 4:10

not selfwilled
Genesis 49:6 ; 2 Peter 2:10

not soon
Proverbs 14:17 ; 15:18 16:32 Ecclesiastes 7:9 ; James 1:19 James 1:20

not given to wine
2:3 Leviticus 10:9 ; Proverbs 31:4 Proverbs 31:5 ; Isaiah 28:7 ; 56:12 Ezekiel 44:21 ; Ephesians 5:18
1 Timothy 3:3

no
2 Timothy 2:24 2 Timothy 2:25 ; *Gr:

not given to filthy
Isaiah 56:10 Isaiah 56:11 ; 1 Timothy 3:3 1 Timothy 3:8 ; 1 Peter 5:2