rsv Titus:1:5-11 SEEK
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This is why I left you in Crete ,
that you might amend what was defective ,
and appoint elders in every town as I directed you ,
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if any man is blameless ,
the husband of one wife ,
and his children are believers and not open to the charge of being profligate or insubordinate .
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For a bishop ,
as God '
s steward ,
must be blameless ;
he must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain ,
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but hospitable ,
a lover of goodness ,
master of himself ,
upright ,
holy ,
and self-controlled ;
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he must hold firm to the sure word as taught ,
so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to confute those who contradict it .
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For there are many insubordinate men ,
empty talkers and deceivers ,
especially the circumcision party ;
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they must be silenced ,
since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for base gain what they have no right to teach .