Tit 1:6-16 | ESV | STEP | if anyone is above reproach , the husband of one wife , and his children are believers and not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination .

Titus 1:6-16

6 ^aif 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 ^ddebauchery or insubordination. 7 For an overseer, ^{▼▼Or bishop; Greek episkopos} ^fas God’s steward, must be above reproach. He must not ^gbe arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent ^hor greedy for gain, 8 but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, ⁱand disciplined. 9 He must ^jhold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in ^ksound ^{▼▼Or healthy; also verse 13} doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.

10 For there are many who are insubordinate, ^mempty talkers and deceivers, especially those of ⁿthe circumcision party. ^{▼▼Or especially those of the circumcision} 11 They must be silenced, since ^pthey are upsetting whole families by teaching ^qfor shameful gain what they ought not to teach. 12 ^rOne of the Cretans, ^{▼▼Greek One of them} a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.” ^{▼▼Probably from Epimenides of Crete} 13 This testimony is true. Therefore ^urebuke them ^vsharply, that they ^wmay be sound in the faith, 14 ^xnot devoting themselves to Jewish myths and ^ythe commands of people ^zwho turn away from the truth. 15 ^aaTo the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and ^abunbelieving, nothing is pure; but both ^actheir minds and their consciences are defiled. 16 ^adThey profess to know God, but they ^aedeny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, ^afunfit for any good work.