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6If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.

Titus 1:6

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Cross-References

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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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