Titus 1:6 BSB — MannaFest

Titus 1:6

An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, having children who are believers and who are not open to accusation of indiscretion or insubordination.

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

3 voices

Ambrose of Milan

Letters, Epistle 63, Sections 62-63 (397)

I have set down these things which I have been told are to be avoided, but the Apostle is the Master of virtues, and he teaches that gainsayers are to be convicted with patience, who lays down that one should be the husband of a single wife, not in order to exclude him from the right of marriage (for this is beyond the force of the precept), but that by conjugal chastity he may preserve the grace of his baptismal washing; nor again that he may be induced by the Apostle's authority to beget children in the priesthood; for the speaks of having children, not of begetting them, or marrying again.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

If any be blameless - See the notes on 1Ti 3:2, etc. Having faithful children - Whose family is converted to God. It would have been absurd to employ a man to govern the Church whose children were not in subjection to himself; for it is an apostolic maxim, that he who cannot rule his own house, cannot rule the Church of God; 1Ti 3:5.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The immorality of the Cretan professors rendered this a necessary requisite in one who was to be a reprover: and their unsoundness in doctrine also made needful great steadfastness in the faith (Tit 1:9, 13). having faithful children--that is, believing children. He who could not bring his children to faith, how shall he bring others? [BENGEL].

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
εἴ	ei	if	G1487 →
τίς	tis	anyone	G5101 →
ἐστιν	estin	is	G1510 →
ἀνέγκλητος,	anegklētos	blameless,	G410 →
μιᾶς	mias	of one	G1520 →
γυναικὸς	gunaikos	wife	G1135 →
ἀνήρ,	anēr	[the] husband,	G435 →
τέκνα	tekna	children	G5043 →
ἔχων	echōn	having	G2192 →
πιστά,	pista	believing,	G4103 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
ἐν	en	under	G1722 →
κατηγορίᾳ	katēgoria	accusation	G2724 →
ἀσωτίας	asōtias	of debauchery	G810 →
ἢ	ē	or	G2228 →
ἀνυπότακτα.	anupotakta	insubordinate.	G506 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

G4103pistabelieving,67×

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 18:19
For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that…
leads to
- 1 Timothy 3:4–5
  An overseer must manage his own household well and keep his children under control, with complete dignity.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 6:6–7
  These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts.
- Deuteronomy 4:9–10
  Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as…
- Ephesians 6:4
  Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
- 2 Timothy 3:15
  From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
Through
1 Timothy 3:12
A deacon must be the husband of but one wife, a good manager of his children and of his own household.
leads to
- 1 Timothy 3:2
  An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
Through
Proverbs 28:7
A discerning son keeps the law, but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.
leads to
- Proverbs 29:3
  A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.
- 1 Peter 4:3–4
  For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.