Titus 1:7

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

For a bisshoppe must be fautelesse as it be commeth the minister of God: not stubborne not angrye no dronkarde no fyghter not geven to filthy lucre:

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  • Luke 12:42 : 42 And the Lorde sayde: If there be any faith full servaut and wise whom his Lorde shall make ruler over his housholde to geve them their duetie of meate at due season:
  • 1 Pet 5:2 : 2 se that ye fede Christes flocke which is amonge you takynge the oversyght of them not as though ye were compelled therto but willyngly: not for the desyre of filthy lucre but of a good mynde.
  • 2 Pet 2:10 : 10 namely them that walke after the flesshe in the lust of vnclennes and despyse the rulars. Presumpteous are they and stubborne and feare not to speake evyll of them that are in auctorite.
  • 1 Pet 4:10 : 10 As every man hath receaved the gyfte minister the same one to another as good ministers of the manyfolde grace of God.
  • Lev 10:9 : 9 drynke no wyne nor stronge drynke nether thou nor thi sonnes with the: when ye go in to the tabernacle of witnesse lest ye dye. And let it be a lawe foreuer vnto youre childern after you:
  • Eph 5:18 : 18 and be not dronke with wyne wherin is excesse: but be fulfilled with the sprete
  • Phil 1:1 : 1 ¶ Paul and Timotheus the servauntes of Iesu Christ To all ye sainctes in Christ Iesu which are at Philippos with ye Bisshops and Deacons.
  • 1 Tim 3:1-9 : 1 This is a true sayinge. Yf a ma covet ye office of a bysshope he desyreth a good worke. 2 Ye and a bisshope must be fautlesse the husband of one wyfe sober discrete honestly aparelled harberous apt to teache 3 not dronke no fighter not geve to filthy lucre: but gentle abhorrynge fightynge abhorrynge coveteousnes 4 and one that rueleth his awne housse honestly havynge chyldren vnder obedience with all honeste. 5 For yf a man cannot rule his owne housse how shall he care for the congregacion of God. 6 He maye not be a yonge skoler lest he swell and faule into the iudgement of the evyll 7 speaker. He must also be well reported of amonge them which are with out forth lest he fall into rebuke and snare of the evyll speaker. 8 Lykwyse must the deacons be honest not double tonged not geve vnto moche drynkinge nether vnto filthy lucre: 9 but havynge the mistery of the fayth in pure consciece. 10 And let them fyrst be proved and then let them minister yf they be founde fautlesse. 11 Even so must their wynes be honest not evyll speakers: but sober and faythfull in all thinges. 12 Let the deacons be the husbandes of one wyfe and suche as rule their chyldren well and their awne housholdes. 13 For they that minister well get them selves good degre and greate libertie in the fayth which is in Christ Iesu.
  • 2 Tim 2:24-25 : 24 But the servaunt of the LORde must not stryve: but must be peasable vnto all men and apte to teache and one that can suffre: 25 the evyll in meknes and can informe them that resist yf that god at eny tyme will geve them repentauce for to knowe the trueth:
  • Titus 1:5 : 5 For this cause left I ye in Creta that thou shuldest performe that which was lackynge and shuldest ordeyne elders in every citie as I apoynted the.
  • Titus 2:3 : 3 And ye elder weme lykewyse that they be in soche rayment as becommeth holynes not falce accusars not geven to moche drinkynge but teachers of honest thynges
  • Jas 1:19-20 : 19 Wherfore deare brethren let every man be swyfte to heare slowe to speake and slowe to wrath. 20 For the wrath of man worketh not that which is ryghteous before God.
  • Matt 24:45 : 45 If there be any faithfull servaut and wyse whome his master hath made ruler over his housholde to geve the meate in season covenient:
  • 1 Cor 4:1-2 : 1 Let men this wyse esteme vs eve as the ministers of Christ and disposers of ye secretes of God. 2 Furthermore it is requyred of the disposers that they be founde faithfull.
  • Gen 49:6 : 6 In to their secrettes come not my soule and vnto their congregation be my honoure not coupled: for in their wrath they slewe a man and in their selfewill they houghed an oxe.

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    1This is a true sayinge. Yf a ma covet ye office of a bysshope he desyreth a good worke.

    2Ye and a bisshope must be fautlesse the husband of one wyfe sober discrete honestly aparelled harberous apt to teache

    3not dronke no fighter not geve to filthy lucre: but gentle abhorrynge fightynge abhorrynge coveteousnes

    4and one that rueleth his awne housse honestly havynge chyldren vnder obedience with all honeste.

    5For yf a man cannot rule his owne housse how shall he care for the congregacion of God.

    6He maye not be a yonge skoler lest he swell and faule into the iudgement of the evyll

    7speaker. He must also be well reported of amonge them which are with out forth lest he fall into rebuke and snare of the evyll speaker.

    8Lykwyse must the deacons be honest not double tonged not geve vnto moche drynkinge nether vnto filthy lucre:

    9but havynge the mistery of the fayth in pure consciece.

    10And let them fyrst be proved and then let them minister yf they be founde fautlesse.

    11Even so must their wynes be honest not evyll speakers: but sober and faythfull in all thinges.

    12Let the deacons be the husbandes of one wyfe and suche as rule their chyldren well and their awne housholdes.

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    3And ye elder weme lykewyse that they be in soche rayment as becommeth holynes not falce accusars not geven to moche drinkynge but teachers of honest thynges

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    2Furthermore it is requyred of the disposers that they be founde faithfull.

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