6If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
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A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; …
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly. …
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-16)The apostle here gives Titus directions about ordination, showing whom he should ordain, and whom not. I. Of those whom he should ordain. He points out their qualifications and virtues; such as respect their life and manners, and such as relate to their doctrine: the former in the Titus 1:6 , 7 , 8 , and the latter in the Titus 1:9. 1. Their qualifications respecting their life and manners are, (1…
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