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Titus 1:6 KJV
Titus · chapter 1 · verse 6
If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.Titus 1:6 · King James Version
Titus 1:6 in context
4To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.
5For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:
6If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
7For 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;
8But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- blamelessanegklētosthat cannot be called into to account, unreproveable, unaccused, blamelessG410 →
- faithfulpistostrusty, faithful, of persons who show themselves faithful in the transaction of business…G4103 →
- childrenteknonoffspring, children, child, a male child, a son, metaph., the name transferred to that…G5043 →
- husbandanērwith reference to sex, of a male, of a husband, of a betrothed or future husband, with…G435 →
- accusedenin, by, with etcG1722 →
- accusedkatēgoriaaccusation, chargeG2724 →
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The apostle here gives Titus directions about ordination, showing whom he should ordain, and whom not. I. Of those whom he should ordain. He points out their qualifications and virtues;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-16