nkjv Titus:1:5-16 SEEK
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For this reason I left you in Crete ,
that you should set in order the things that are lacking ,
and appoint elders in every city as I commanded you --
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if a man is blameless ,
the husband of one wife ,
having faithful children not accused of dissipation or insubordination .
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For a bishop must be blameless ,
as a steward of God ,
not self-willed ,
not quick-tempered ,
not given to wine ,
not violent ,
not greedy for money ,
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but hospitable ,
a lover of what is good ,
sober-minded ,
just ,
holy ,
self-controlled ,
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holding fast the faithful word as he has been taught ,
that he may be able ,
by sound doctrine ,
both to exhort and convict those who contradict .
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For there are many insubordinate ,
both idle talkers and deceivers ,
especially those of the circumcision ,
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whose mouths must be stopped ,
who subvert whole households ,
teaching things which they ought not ,
for the sake of dishonest gain .
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One of them ,
a prophet of their own ,
said , "
Cretans are always liars ,
evil beasts ,
lazy gluttons ."
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This testimony is true .
Therefore rebuke them sharply ,
that they may be sound in the faith ,
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not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn from the truth .
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To the pure all things are pure ,
but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure ;
but even their mind and conscience are defiled .
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They profess to know God ,
but in works they deny Him ,
being abominable ,
disobedient ,
and disqualified for every good work .