Tite 1:6

6 s'il s'y trouve quelque homme irréprochable, mari d'une seule femme, ayant des enfants fidèles, qui ne soient ni accusés de débauche ni rebelles.

Tite 1:6 Meaning and Commentary

Titus 1:6

If any be blameless
In his outward life and conversation, not chargeable with any notorious crime; (See Gill on 1 Timothy 3:2),

the husband of one wife; (See Gill on 1 Timothy 3:2):

having faithful children;
legitimate ones, born in lawful wedlock, in the same sense as such are called godly and holy, in ( Malachi 2:15 ) ( 1 Corinthians 7:14 ) for by faithful children cannot be meant converted ones, or true believers in Christ; for it is not in the power of men to make their children such; and their not being so can never be an objection to their being elders, if otherwise qualified; at most the phrase can only intend, that they should be brought up in the faith, in the principles, doctrines, and ways of Christianity, or in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Not accused of riot;
or chargeable with sins of uncleanness and intemperance, with rioting and drunkenness, chambering and wantonness; or with such crimes as Eli's sons were guilty of, from which they were not restrained by their father, and therefore the priesthood was removed from the family: "or unruly" not subject, but disobedient to their parents; (See Gill on 1 Timothy 3:4). (See Gill on 1 Timothy 3:5).

Tite 1:6 In-Context

4 Tite, mon enfant légitime en notre commune foi: que la grâce et la paix te soient données de la part de Dieu le Père et de Jésus-Christ notre Sauveur!

5 Je t'ai laissé en Crète, afin que tu mettes en ordre ce qui reste à régler, et que, selon mes instructions, tu établisses des anciens dans chaque ville,

6 s'il s'y trouve quelque homme irréprochable, mari d'une seule femme, ayant des enfants fidèles, qui ne soient ni accusés de débauche ni rebelles.

7 Car il faut que l'évêque soit irréprochable, comme économe de Dieu; qu'il ne soit ni arrogant, ni colère, ni adonné au vin, ni violent, ni porté à un gain déshonnête;

8 mais qu'il soit hospitalier, ami des gens de bien, modéré, juste, saint, tempérant,