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Titus 1:7 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" 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; "
Titus 1:7
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5 I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you—
6 if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.
7 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;
8 but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober minded, fair, holy, self-controlled,
9 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 those who contradict him.
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Titus 1:1
"Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s chosen ones and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,"
Titus 1:2
"in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;"
Titus 1:3
"but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior,"
Titus 1:4
"to Titus, my true child according to a common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior."
Titus 1:5
"I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you—"
Titus 1:6
"if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior."
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