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


In Context

3 (and He manifested in proper times His word,) in preaching, which I was entrusted with, according to a charge of God our Saviour,

4 to Titus — true child according to a common faith: Grace, kindness, peace, from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour!

5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that the things lacking thou mayest arrange, and mayest set down in every city elders, as I did appoint to thee;

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

7 for it behoveth the overseer to be blameless, as God's steward, not self-pleased, nor irascible, not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre;

8 but a lover of strangers, a lover of good men, sober-minded, righteous, kind, self-controlled,

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 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.