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


In Context

3 But hath 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 I left thee in Crete, that thou shouldst set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:

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

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 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 —

The American 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.