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Titus 1:7

American Standard Version

For the bishop must be blameless, as God’s steward; not self-willed, not soon angry, no brawler, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre;

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Titus 1:7 in other translations

For the overseer must be blameless, as God’s steward, not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;

Titus 1:7 · World English Bible

Titus 1:7 in context

  1. 5For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that were wanting, and appoint elders in every city, as I gave thee charge;
  2. 6if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children that believe, who are not accused of riot or unruly.
  3. 7For the bishop must be blameless, as God’s steward; not self-willed, not soon angry, no brawler, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre;
  4. 8but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled;
  5. 9holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able both to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict the gainsayers.