Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
if any one is blameless, of one wife a husband, having children stedfast, not under accusation of riotous living or insubordinate --
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 I left thee in Crete, that thou mightest go on to set right what remained unordered, and establish elders in each city, as I had ordered thee: 6 if any one be free from all charge against him, husband of one wife, having believing children not accused of excess or unruly. 7 For the overseer must be free from all charge against him as God's steward; not headstrong, not passionate, not disorderly through wine, not a striker, not seeking gain by base means;
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Cross References
1 Timothy 3:2-7
The overseer then must be irreproachable, husband of one wife, sober, discreet, decorous, hospitable, apt to teach;
1 Timothy 3:12
Let the ministers be husbands of one wife, conducting their children and their own houses well:
Titus 1:10
For there are many and disorderly vain speakers and deceivers of people's minds, specially those of the circumcision,
Genesis 18:19
For I know him that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice, in order that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham what he hath spoken of him.
Leviticus 21:7
They shall not take as wife a whore, or a dishonoured woman; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband; for he is holy unto his God.
Leviticus 21:14
A widow, or a divorced woman, or a dishonoured one, a harlot, these shall he not take; but he shall take as wife a virgin from among his peoples.
1 Samuel 2:11
And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the boy ministered to Jehovah in the presence of Eli the priest.
1 Samuel 2:22
And Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons were doing to all Israel, and that they lay with the women that served at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
1 Samuel 2:29-30
Wherefore do ye trample upon my sacrifice and upon mine oblation which I have commanded in my habitation? And thou honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the primest of all the oblations of Israel my people.
1 Samuel 3:12-13
In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house; I will begin and make an end.
Proverbs 28:7
Whoso observeth the law is a son that hath understanding; but he that is a companion of profligates bringeth shame to his father.
Ezekiel 44:22
And they shall not take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away; but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that is the widow of a priest.
Malachi 2:15
And did not one make them? and the remnant of the Spirit was his. And wherefore the one? He sought a seed of God. Take heed then to your spirit, and let none deal unfaithfully against the wife of his youth,
Luke 1:5
There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the course of Abia, and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elizabeth.
Ephesians 5:18
And be not drunk with wine, in which is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit,
1 Thessalonians 5:14
But we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, comfort the faint-hearted, sustain the weak, be patient towards all.
Titus 1:6-8
if any one be free from all charge against him, husband of one wife, having believing children not accused of excess or unruly.