Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
if any one is blameless, of one wife a husband, having children stedfast, not under accusation of riotous living or insubordinate --
New American Standard Bible
namely,
King James Version
If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
Holman Bible
one
International Standard Version
An elder must be blameless. He must be the husband of one wife and have children who are believers and who are not accused of having wild lifestyles or of being rebellious.
A Conservative Version
if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having believing children, not with an accusation of debauchery or insubordinate.
American Standard Version
if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children that believe, who are not accused of riot or unruly.
Amplified
namely, a man of unquestionable integrity, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, not accused of being immoral or rebellious.
An Understandable Version
[An elder must] not be guilty of just blame, [he must be] the husband of one wife, whose children are believers [Note: The word for "believers" may also be translated "faithful ones" or "trustworthy ones"], who have a reputation for not being wild or disobedient.
Anderson New Testament
if any one is blameless, the husband of one wife, if he has faithful children that are not accused of riotous living, or disobedient.
Bible in Basic English
Men having a good record, husbands of one wife, whose children are of the faith, children of whom it may not be said that they are given to loose living or are uncontrolled.
Common New Testament
namely, if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, and his children believe and are not open to the charge of being wild or rebellious.
Daniel Mace New Testament
to chuse such as are without reproach, married to but one wife, whose children are obedient, not accused of debauchery, nor unruly.
Darby Translation
if any one be free from all charge against him, husband of one wife, having believing children not accused of excess or unruly.
Godbey New Testament
if any one is irreproachable, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not in accusation of riot or incorrigible.
John Wesley New Testament
If a man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of luxury or unruly.
Julia Smith Translation
If any be irreproachable, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not in accusation of licentiousness, or disorderly.
King James 2000
If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of rebellion or unruly.
Lexham Expanded Bible
If anyone is blameless, [the] husband of one wife, having faithful children, not {accused of dissipation} or rebellious.
Modern King James verseion
if anyone is blameless, husband of one wife, having believing children, not accused of loose behavior, or disobedient.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If any be faultless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, which are not slandered of riot, neither are disobedient.
Moffatt New Testament
men who are above reproach, only once married, with children who believe and who are not liable to the charge of being profligate or insubordinate.
Montgomery New Testament
men who are blameless, the husband of one wife, with believing children who are not accused of riot or insubordination.
NET Bible
An elder must be blameless, the husband of one wife, with faithful children who cannot be charged with dissipation or rebellion.
New Heart English Bible
if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.
Noyes New Testament
if any one is without reproach, the husband of one wife, having believing children, that are not accused of dissoluteness, or unruly.
Sawyer New Testament
if any one is blameless, a husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of intemperance or of insubordination.
The Emphasized Bible
If anyone is unaccusable, a husband of, one wife, having children that believe, who are not charged with riotous excess, nor insubordinate;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
if there be a man blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, not under an accusation or debauchery, or disorderly conduct.
Twentieth Century New Testament
They are to be men of irreproachable character, who are faithful husbands, whose children are Christians and have never been charged with dissolute conduct or have been unruly.
Webster
If any is blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of riot, or disorderly.
Weymouth New Testament
wherever there is a man of blameless life, true to his one wife, having children who are themselves believers and are free from every reproach of profligacy or of stubborn self-will.
Williams New Testament
each elder must be above reproach, have only one wife, and his children must not be liable to the charge of profligacy or disobedience.
World English Bible
if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.
Worrell New Testament
if anyone is blameless, a husband of one wife, having believing children not in accusation of rioting, or unruly.
Worsley New Testament
to wit, if any one be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of debauchery, or unruly.
Themes
Bishop » An overseer, a supervisor
Christian ministers » Marriage of
Christian conduct » Blamelessness
Elder » In the Christian church
Faithfulness » Especially required in » The children of ministers
Foes of the home » Polygamy » Forbidden
Nation » Spiritual » The righteous cultivate the spirit of
Peaceableness » The righteous cultivate the spirit of
Social duties » Parental parental duties » Peaceableness, the righteous cultivate the spirit of
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Word Count of 36 Translations in Titus 1:6
Prayers for Titus 1:6
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Context Readings
Instructions To Titus In Crete
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;
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Cross References
1 Timothy 3:2-7
it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,
1 Timothy 3:12
Ministrants -- let them be of one wife husbands; the children leading well, and their own houses,
Titus 1:10
for there are many both insubordinate, vain-talkers, and mind-deceivers -- especially they of the circumcision --
Genesis 18:19
for I have known him, that he commandeth his children, and his house after him (and they have kept the way of Jehovah), to do righteousness and judgment, that Jehovah may bring on Abraham that which He hath spoken concerning him.'
Leviticus 21:7
A woman, a harlot, or polluted, they do not take, and a woman cast out from her husband they do not take, for he is holy to his God;
Leviticus 21:14
widow, or cast out, or polluted one -- a harlot -- these he doth not take, but a virgin of his own people he doth take for a wife,
1 Samuel 2:11
And Elkanah goeth to Ramath, unto his house, and the youth hath been serving Jehovah, in the presence of Eli the priest;
1 Samuel 2:22
And Eli is very old, and hath heard all that his sons do to all Israel, and how that they lie with the women who are assembling at the opening of the tent of meeting,
1 Samuel 2:29-30
Why do ye kick at My sacrifice, and at Mine offering which I commanded in My habitation, and dost honour thy sons above Me, to make yourselves fat from the first part of every offering of Israel, of My people?
1 Samuel 3:12-13
In that day I establish unto Eli all that I have spoken unto his house, beginning and completing;
Proverbs 28:7
Whoso is keeping the law is an intelligent son, And a friend of gluttons, Doth cause his father to blush.
Ezekiel 44:22
And a widow and divorced woman they do not take to them for wives: but -- virgins of the seed of the house of Israel, and the widow who is widow of a priest, do they take.
Malachi 2:15
And He did not make one only, And He hath the remnant of the Spirit. And what is the one alone! He is seeking a godly seed. And ye have been watchful over your spirit, And with the wife of thy youth, None doth deal treacherously.
Luke 1:5
There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the course of Abijah, and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elisabeth;
Ephesians 5:18
and be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled in the Spirit,
1 Thessalonians 5:14
and we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, comfort the feeble-minded, support the infirm, be patient unto all;
Titus 1:6-8
if any one is blameless, of one wife a husband, having children stedfast, not under accusation of riotous living or insubordinate --