Titus 1:6

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

An elder  must be blameless,  the husband of one wife, with faithful  children who are not accused of wildness or rebellion.

Cross References

1 Timothy 3:12

Deacons are to be husbands of one wife, managing their children and their own households competently.

Titus 1:10

For there are many rebellious people, full of empty talk and deception, especially those from the circumcision party.

Ephesians 5:18

And don’t get drunk  with wine,  which leads to reckless living, but be filled by the Spirit:

Ezekiel 44:22

He is not to marry a widow or a divorced woman, but may marry only a virgin from the offspring of the house of Israel,  or a widow who is the widow of a priest.

Leviticus 21:7

They are not to marry a woman defiled by prostitution.  , They are not to marry one divorced  by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.

1 Thessalonians 5:14

And we exhort you, brothers and sisters:  warn those who are idle,  comfort the discouraged, help the weak, be patient  with everyone.

Luke 1:5

In the days of King Herod  of Judea, there was a priest of Abijah’s division  named Zechariah. His wife was from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

Proverbs 28:7

A discerning son keeps the law, but a companion of gluttons humiliates his father.

1 Samuel 2:22

Now Eli was very old. He heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel  and how they were sleeping with the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

1 Samuel 2:11

Elkanah went home to Ramah,  but the boy served the Lord in the presence of the priest Eli.

Leviticus 21:14

He is not to marry a widow,  a divorced woman,  or one defiled by prostitution. He is to marry a virgin from his own people,

Genesis 18:19

For I have chosen  him so that he will command his children and his house after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just. This is how the Lord will fulfil to Abraham what he promised him.’

Malachi 2:15

Didn’t God make them one and give them a portion of spirit? What is the one seeking?  Godly offspring. So watch yourselves carefully,  , so that no one acts treacherously against the wife of his  youth.

1 Timothy 1:9

We know that the law is not meant for a righteous person, but for the lawless and rebellious,  for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and irreverent, for those who kill their fathers and mothers, for murderers,