Titus 1:8

But he shall be a lover of guests, and a lover of the good, and be chaste, and equitable, and holy, and withholding himself from lusts;

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;

In Context

7For a presbyter is bound to be without blame, as the steward of Aloha; he shall not be led by the will of self, nor be irascible, nor a transgressor over wine, neither shall his hand be hasty to strike, nor shall he be a lover of sordid gains.

9and careful over the doctrine of the word of faith, that he may be able also to comfort by his teaching the healthy, and to reprove those who are contentious.

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Cross References

1 Thessalonians 2:10You witness and Aloha, how we preached to you the gospel of Aloha, purely and justly, and were without blame with all the faithful.

1 Timothy 4:12And let no man despise thy youth; but be an example to the believers in word, and in conduct, and in charity, and in faith, and in purity.

2 Timothy 2:22From all the lusts of youth escape; and pursue after righteousness, and faith, and charity, and peace, with them who call upon the Lord with a pure heart.

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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