Titus 1:9

Holding fast the faithful word as he has been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to refute those who oppose it.

Revised King James New Testament

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 hospitality, a lover of good, sensible, just, holy, self-controlled;

10For there are many unruly and empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision:

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Cross References

Acts 18:28For he mightily refuted the Jews, and that publicly, showing by the scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.

1 Thessalonians 5:21Test all things; hold fast that which is good.

1 Timothy 1:10For adulterers, for those who defile themselves with men, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and for whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine;

1 Timothy 1:19Holding on to faith and a good conscience; which some have rejected and so shipwrecked their faith:

1 Timothy 6:3If any man teaches otherwise, and does not consent to sound words, the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the teaching which accords with 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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