Titus 1:9

holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict those who contradict him.

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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 given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober minded, fair, holy, self-controlled,

10For there are also many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,

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Cross References

Job 27:6I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not let it go. My heart will not reproach me so long as I live.

Acts 18:28for he powerfully refuted the Jews, publicly showing by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.

1 Thessalonians 5:21Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good.

1 Timothy 1:10for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave-traders, for liars, for perjurers, and for any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine,

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

1 Timothy 6:3If anyone teaches a different doctrine and doesn’t consent to sound words, the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness,

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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