Titus 1:5-6

Qualifications for Elders

5 o This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and p appoint elders in every town as I directed you - 6 q if anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife, 1 and his children are believers and not open to the charge of r debauchery or insubordination.

  1. Cross References
    1 Timothy 1:3
    As I urged you when I was going to Macedonia, remain at Ephesus so that you may charge certain persons not to teach any different doctrine.
  2. Cross References
    Acts 14:23
    And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
    2 Timothy 2:2
    And what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.
  3. Cross References
    Titus 1:6 - 8
    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.
    1 Timothy 3:2 - 4
    Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach.
  4. Cross References
    Ephesians 5:18
    And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit.
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