Titus 1:6

Bishops' Bible (1568)

If any be blamelesse, the husbande of one wyfe, hauyng faythfull chyldren, not accusable of riote, or vntractable.

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  • 1 Tim 3:2-7 : 2 A bishop therfore must be blamelesse, the husband of one wyfe, watchyng, sober, comely apparelled, a louer of hospitalitie, apt to teache, 3 Not geuen to ouermuch wine, no striker, not greedy of fylthy lucre: but gentle, abhorryng fyghtyng, abhorryng couetousnesse: 4 One that ruleth well his owne house, hauyng chyldren in subiection, with all grauitie. 5 For yf a man knowe not to rule his owne house, howe shall he care for the Churche of God? 6 Not a young scoler, lest he, beyng puffed vp, fall into the condempnation of the deuyll. 7 He must also haue a good report of the which are without, lest he fall into the rebuke and snare of the deuyll.
  • 1 Tim 3:12 : 12 Let the deacons be the husbandes of one wife, and such as can rule their children well, and their owne housholdes.
  • Titus 1:6-8 : 6 If any be blamelesse, the husbande of one wyfe, hauyng faythfull chyldren, not accusable of riote, or vntractable. 7 For a bishop must be blamelesse, as the stewarde of God: not stubborne, not angry, not geuen to wyne, no striker, not geuen to filthie lucre: 8 But a louer of hospitalitie, a louer of goodnes, sober, ryghteous, godly, temperate,
  • Titus 1:10 : 10 For there are many vnruly, and vayne talkers, and deceauers of myndes, specially they that are of ye circumcision,
  • Ezek 44:22 : 22 They shall mary no widowe, neither one that is put from her husband: but a maide of the seede of the house of Israel, or a widowe that hath had a priest before.
  • Mal 2:15 : 15 And did not he make one? yet had he aboundaunce of spiritie: And wherfore one? Because he sought a godly seede: therefore kepe your selues in your spirite, and let none transgresse against the wyfe of his youth.
  • Luke 1:5 : 5 There was in the dayes of Herode the kyng of Iurie, a certaine priest, named Zacharias, of the course of Abia, & his wyfe was of the daughters of Aaron, & her name was Elizabeth.
  • Eph 5:18 : 18 And be not drunke with wine, wherin is excesse: but be fylled with the spirite,
  • 1 Thess 5:14 : 14 We exhort you brethren, warne them that are vnruly, comfort the feeble mynded, lyft vp the weake, be pacient towarde all men.
  • Gen 18:19 : 19 I knowe this also, that he wyll commaunde his chyldren and his householde after him, that they kepe the way of the Lord, and to do iustice and iudgement, that the Lorde may bryng vppon Abraha that he hath spoken vnto him.
  • Lev 21:7 : 7 Let them not take a wyfe that is an whore, or polluted, nor put from her husband: for such a one is holy vnto his god.
  • Lev 21:14 : 14 But a wydowe, a deuorsed woman, or a polluted, or a harlot, these shall he not marrie: but shall take a mayde of his owne people to wyfe.
  • 1 Sam 2:11 : 11 And Elkana went to Ramath to his house, and the lad dyd minister vnto the Lorde before Eli the priest.
  • 1 Sam 2:22 : 22 Eli was very olde, and heard all that his sonnes did vnto Israel, & how they lay with the women that wayted at the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation.
  • 1 Sam 2:29-30 : 29 Wherfore treade ye downe my sacrifice and mine offering which I comaunded in the tabernacle, and honorest thy chyldren aboue me, to make your selues fat of the first fruites of all the offerynges of Israel my people? 30 Wherefore the Lorde God of Israel saith: I sayde, that thy house and the house of thy father should walke before me for euer: But nowe the Lorde saith, That be farre fro me: For them that worship me, I wyll worship, and they that despise me, shall come to shame.
  • 1 Sam 3:12-13 : 12 In that day, I wyll rayse vp against Eli all thynges whiche I haue spoken concernyng his house: when I begyn, I wyll also make an ende. 13 I haue tolde hym that I wyll iudge his house for euer, for the wickednesse which he knoweth: For whe the people cursed his sonnes for ye same wickednesse he hath not corrected them.
  • Prov 28:7 : 7 Who so kepeth the lawe, is a chylde of vnderstanding: but he that is a companion of riotous men, shameth his father.

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    1This is a faithful saying: Yf a man desire ye office of a bishop, he desireth a good worke.

    2A bishop therfore must be blamelesse, the husband of one wyfe, watchyng, sober, comely apparelled, a louer of hospitalitie, apt to teache,

    3Not geuen to ouermuch wine, no striker, not greedy of fylthy lucre: but gentle, abhorryng fyghtyng, abhorryng couetousnesse:

    4One that ruleth well his owne house, hauyng chyldren in subiection, with all grauitie.

    5For yf a man knowe not to rule his owne house, howe shall he care for the Churche of God?

    6Not a young scoler, lest he, beyng puffed vp, fall into the condempnation of the deuyll.

    7He must also haue a good report of the which are without, lest he fall into the rebuke and snare of the deuyll.

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    10And let them first be proued, then let them minister, beyng blamelesse.

    11Euen so must their wyues be graue, not euyll speakers, sober, faythfull in all thynges.

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