Titus 1:7

for it-is-necessitating the watch-upon-er/overseer/supervisor to-be-being without-call-in/charge/indictment as house-legislator of{God}, not self-appraising/conceited/haughty/arrogant, not wrathful, not beside-wine-ous, not [a] brawler, not shameful[i.e. ill-gotten/greedy/sordid/dishonest]-gain-eous,

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

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;

In Context

6If someone is-being without-call-in/charge/indictment, [a] man of{one woman}, having believing/faithful offsprings, not in to{accusation} of{un-wholeness} or unset-under/un-subject/insubordinate,

8contrariwise, fond-foreign/guest-able/hospitable, fond-beneficial, sound-disposition-ive, just, pious, held-in/self-controlled,

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Cross References

Luke 12:42Moreover, the Lord says, "Who[?], consequently, is-being the faithful house-legislator, and prudent, whom the lord will-stand/set-down upon of{the healing/therapy/treatment/attendance} of{same}, of{the} to-be-giving in to{season} the grain-measure[?]

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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