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Titus 1:7 KJV
Titus · chapter 1 · verse 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;Titus 1:7 · King James Version
Titus 1:7 in context
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;
9Holding 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- selfwilledauthadēsself-pleasing, self-willed, arrogantG829 →
- blamelessanegklētosthat cannot be called into to account, unreproveable, unaccused, blamelessG410 →
- stewardoikonomosthe manager of household or of household affairs, esp. a steward, manager, superintendent…G3623 →
- strikerplēktēsbruiser, ready for a blow, a pugnacious, contentious, quarrelsome personG4131 →
- bishopepiskoposan overseer, a man charged with the duty of seeing that things to be done by others are…G1985 →
- angryorgilosprone to anger, irascibleG3711 →
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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