Titus 1:9

holding—according to the teaching—to the steadfast word, that he may also be able to exhort in the sound teaching, and to convict the deniers;

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In The King James Version

Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.

In Context

8but a lover of strangers, a lover of [the] good, sober-minded, righteous, holy, self-controlled,

10for there are many both insubordinate, vain-talkers, and mind-deceivers—especially those of the circumcision—

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Cross References

Job 27:6On my righteousness I have laid hold, || And I do not let it go, || My heart does not reproach me while I live.

Acts 18:28for he was powerfully refuting the Jews publicly, showing through the Writings Jesus to be the Christ.

1 Thessalonians 5:21prove all things; hold fast [to] that which is good;

1 Timothy 1:10whoremongers, homosexuals, enslavers, liars, perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is adverse to sound doctrine,

1 Timothy 1:19having faith and a good conscience, which some having thrust away, made shipwreck concerning the faith,

1 Timothy 6:3if anyone be teaching otherwise, and does not consent to sound words—those of our Lord Jesus Christ—and to the teaching according to piety,

Matthew Henry on Titus 1:7-16

The Qualifications of a Bishop; The Necessity of Sharp Reproof. ( a. d. 66.) 6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly. 7 For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre; 8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate; 9 Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort… Read the whole commentary →

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