Titus 1:7

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

for it behoveth the overseer to be blameless, as God's steward, not self-pleased, nor irascible, not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre;

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  • Luke 12:42 : 42 And the Lord said, `Who, then, is the faithful and prudent steward whom the lord shall set over his household, to give in season the wheat measure?
  • 1 Pet 5:2 : 2 feed the flock of God that `is' among you, overseeing not constrainedly, but willingly, neither for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind,
  • 2 Pet 2:10 : 10 and chiefly those going behind the flesh in desire of uncleanness, and lordship despising; presumptuous, self-complacent, dignities they are not afraid to speak evil of,
  • 1 Pet 4:10 : 10 each, according as he received a gift, to one another ministering it, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God;
  • Eph 5:18 : 18 and be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled in the Spirit,
  • Lev 10:9 : 9 `Wine and strong drink thou dost not drink, thou, and thy sons with thee, in your going in unto the tent of meeting, and ye die not -- a statute age-during to your generations;
  • Isa 28:7 : 7 And even these through wine have erred, And through strong drink have wandered, Priest and prophet erred through strong drink, They have been swallowed up of the wine, They wandered because of the strong drink, They have erred in seeing, They have stumbled judicially.
  • Isa 56:10-12 : 10 Blind `are' his watchmen -- all of them, They have not known, All of them `are' dumb dogs, they are not able to bark, Dozing, lying down, loving to slumber. 11 And the dogs `are' strong of desire, They have not known sufficiency, And they `are' shepherds! They have not known understanding, All of them to their own way they did turn, Each to his dishonest gain from his quarter: 12 `Come ye, I take wine, And we drink, quaff strong drink, And as this day hath been to-morrow, Great -- exceeding abundant!'
  • Ezek 44:21 : 21 And no priest doth drink wine in their coming in unto the inner court.
  • Matt 24:45 : 45 `Who, then, is the servant, faithful and wise, whom his lord did set over his household, to give them the nourishment in season?
  • Prov 14:17 : 17 Whoso is short of temper doth folly, And a man of wicked devices is hated.
  • Prov 15:18 : 18 A man of fury stirreth up contention, And the slow to anger appeaseth strife.
  • Prov 16:32 : 32 Better `is' the slow to anger than the mighty, And the ruler over his spirit than he who is taking a city.
  • Prov 31:4-5 : 4 Not for kings, O Lemuel, Not for kings, to drink wine, And for princes a desire of strong drink. 5 Lest he drink, and forget the decree, And change the judgment of any of the sons of affliction.
  • Eccl 7:9 : 9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, For anger in the bosom of fools resteth.
  • Phil 1:1 : 1 Paul and Timotheus, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with overseers and ministrants;
  • 1 Tim 3:1-9 : 1 Stedfast `is' the word: If any one the oversight doth long for, a right work he desireth; 2 it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach, 3 not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre, but gentle, not contentious, not a lover of money, 4 his own house leading well, having children in subjection with all gravity, 5 (and if any one his own house `how' to lead hath not known, how an assembly of God shall he take care of?) 6 not a new convert, lest having been puffed up he may fall to a judgment of the devil; 7 and it behoveth him also to have a good testimony from those without, that he may not fall into reproach and a snare of the devil. 8 Ministrants -- in like manner grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not given to filthy lucre, 9 having the secret of the faith in a pure conscience, 10 and let these also first be proved, then let them minister, being unblameable. 11 Women -- in like manner grave, not false accusers, vigilant, faithful in all things. 12 Ministrants -- let them be of one wife husbands; the children leading well, and their own houses, 13 for those who did minister well a good step to themselves do acquire, and much boldness in faith that `is' in Christ Jesus.
  • 2 Tim 2:24-25 : 24 and a servant of the Lord it behoveth not to strive, but to be gentle unto all, apt to teach, patient under evil, 25 in meekness instructing those opposing -- if perhaps God may give to them repentance to an acknowledging of the truth,
  • Titus 1:5 : 5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that the things lacking thou mayest arrange, and mayest set down in every city elders, as I did appoint to thee;
  • Titus 2:3 : 3 aged women, in like manner, in deportment as doth become sacred persons, not false accusers, to much wine not enslaved, of good things teachers,
  • Jas 1:19-20 : 19 So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger, 20 for the wrath of a man the righteousness of God doth not work;
  • Gen 49:6 : 6 Into their secret, come not, O my soul! Unto their assembly be not united, O mine honour; For in their anger they slew a man, And in their self-will eradicated a prince.
  • 1 Cor 4:1-2 : 1 Let a man so reckon us as officers of Christ, and stewards of the secrets of God, 2 and as to the rest, it is required in the stewards that one may be found faithful,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Tim 3:1-12
    12 verses
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    1Stedfast `is' the word: If any one the oversight doth long for, a right work he desireth;

    2it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,

    3not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre, but gentle, not contentious, not a lover of money,

    4his own house leading well, having children in subjection with all gravity,

    5(and if any one his own house `how' to lead hath not known, how an assembly of God shall he take care of?)

    6not a new convert, lest having been puffed up he may fall to a judgment of the devil;

    7and it behoveth him also to have a good testimony from those without, that he may not fall into reproach and a snare of the devil.

    8Ministrants -- in like manner grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not given to filthy lucre,

    9having the secret of the faith in a pure conscience,

    10and let these also first be proved, then let them minister, being unblameable.

    11Women -- in like manner grave, not false accusers, vigilant, faithful in all things.

    12Ministrants -- let them be of one wife husbands; the children leading well, and their own houses,

  • Titus 1:5-6
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    5For this cause left I thee in Crete, that the things lacking thou mayest arrange, and mayest set down in every city elders, as I did appoint to thee;

    6if any one is blameless, of one wife a husband, having children stedfast, not under accusation of riotous living or insubordinate --

  • Titus 1:8
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    8but a lover of strangers, a lover of good men, sober-minded, righteous, kind, self-controlled,

  • 1 Pet 5:2-3
    2 verses
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    2feed the flock of God that `is' among you, overseeing not constrainedly, but willingly, neither for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind,

    3neither as exercising lordship over the heritages, but patterns becoming of the flock,

  • 1 Tim 5:7
    74%

    7and these things charge, that they may be blameless;

  • Titus 2:2-8
    7 verses
    73%

    2aged men to be temperate, grave, sober, sound in the faith, in the love, in the endurance;

    3aged women, in like manner, in deportment as doth become sacred persons, not false accusers, to much wine not enslaved, of good things teachers,

    4that they may make the young women sober-minded, to be lovers of `their' husbands, lovers of `their' children,

    5sober, pure, keepers of `their own' houses, good, subject to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be evil spoken of.

    6The younger men, in like manner, be exhorting to be sober-minded;

    7concerning all things thyself showing a pattern of good works; in the teaching uncorruptedness, gravity, incorruptibility,

    8discourse sound, irreprehensible, that he who is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having nothing evil to say concerning you.

  • 1 Cor 4:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1Let a man so reckon us as officers of Christ, and stewards of the secrets of God,

    2and as to the rest, it is required in the stewards that one may be found faithful,

  • 2 Tim 2:24
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    24and a servant of the Lord it behoveth not to strive, but to be gentle unto all, apt to teach, patient under evil,

  • 2 Cor 6:3
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    3in nothing giving any cause of offence, that the ministration may be not blamed,

  • Titus 3:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2of no one to speak evil, not to be quarrelsome -- gentle, showing all meekness to all men,

    3for we were once -- also we -- thoughtless, disobedient, led astray, serving desires and pleasures manifold, in malice and envy living, odious -- hating one another;

  • 1 Tim 5:22
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    22Be laying hands quickly on no one, nor be having fellowship with sins of others; be keeping thyself pure;

  • 2 Pet 1:6-7
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    6and in the knowledge the temperance, and in the temperance the endurance, and in the endurance the piety,

    7and in the piety the brotherly kindness, and in the brotherly kindness the love;

  • Titus 2:10
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    10not purloining, but showing all good stedfastness, that the teaching of God our Saviour they may adorn in all things.

  • 1 Tim 1:10
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    10whoremongers, sodomites, men-stealers, liars, perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that to sound doctrine is adverse,

  • 1 Tim 6:11
    69%

    11and thou, O man of God, these things flee, and pursue righteousness, piety, faith, love, endurance, meekness;

  • 1 Tim 5:17
    68%

    17The well-leading elders of double honour let them be counted worthy, especially those labouring in word and teaching,

  • Eph 5:27
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    27that he might present it to himself the assembly in glory, not having spot or wrinkle, or any of such things, but that it may be holy and unblemished;

  • 2 Cor 8:20
    68%

    20avoiding this, lest any one may blame us in this abundance that is ministered by us,

  • 1 Tim 5:1
    68%

    1An aged person thou mayest not rebuke, but be entreating as a father; younger persons as brethren;

  • Eph 5:5
    68%

    5for this ye know, that every whoremonger, or unclean, or covetous person, who is an idolater, hath no inheritance in the reign of the Christ and God.

  • 1 Cor 6:10
    68%

    10nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, the reign of God shall inherit.

  • 2 Tim 2:15
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    15be diligent to present thyself approved to God -- a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;

  • Eph 5:3
    68%

    3and whoredom, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;

  • 1 Tim 5:9
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    9A widow -- let her not be enrolled under sixty years of age, having been a wife of one husband,

  • 1 Thess 4:5
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    5not in the affection of desire, as also the nations that were not knowing God,

  • 2 Tim 2:21
    68%

    21if, then, any one may cleanse himself from these, he shall be a vessel to honour, sanctified and profitable to the master -- to every good work having been prepared,

  • 1 Tim 6:3
    68%

    3if any one be teaching otherwise, and do not consent to sound words -- those of our Lord Jesus Christ -- and to the teaching according to piety,

  • 1 Cor 5:11
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    11and now, I did write to you not to keep company with `him', if any one, being named a brother, may be a whoremonger, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner -- with such a one not even to eat together;