6If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.


In Context

3 But has in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed to me according to the commandment of God our Savior;

4 To Titus, my own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.

5 For this cause left I you in Crete, that you should set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed you:

6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.

7 For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;

8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;

Titus 1:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:6If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:6An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, a man whose children believe and are not open to the charge of being wild and disobedient.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:6if any one be free from all charge against him, husband of one wife, having believing children not accused of excess or unruly.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:6If any be without crime, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of riot, or unruly.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:6if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children that believe, who are not accused of riot or unruly.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:6if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children that believe, who are not accused of riot or unruly.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:6If any is blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of riot, or disorderly.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:6if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:6if any one is blameless, of one wife a husband, having children stedfast, not under accusation of riotous living or insubordinate —