a[1 Tim. 1:3]
b[Acts 14:23; 2 Tim. 2:2]
cFor ver. 6-8, see 1 Tim. 3:2-4
fSee Eph. 5:18
hLuke 12:42; 1 Cor. 4:1; 1 Pet. 4:10
i2 Pet. 2:10
j1 Tim. 3:8; 1 Pet. 5:2
k[1 Cor. 9:25]
l[2 Thess. 2:13, 15]; See 1 Tim. 1:15; 2 Tim. 1:13
mSee 1 Tim. 1:10

Titus 1:5-9

Qualifications for Elders

5 aThis is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and bappoint elders in every town as I directed you— 6 cif anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife, ▼
▼Or a man of one woman
 and his children are believers ▼
▼Or  are faithful
 and not open to the charge of fdebauchery or insubordination. 7For an overseer, ▼
▼Or bishop; Greek episkopos
 has God’s steward, must be above reproach. He must not ibe arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent jor greedy for gain, 8but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, kand disciplined. 9He must lhold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in msound ▼
▼Or healthy; also verse 13
 doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.

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