Titus 1:6

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

someone who is blameless, married only once, whose children are believers, not accused of debauchery and not rebellious.

Cross References

Genesis 18:19

No, for I have chosen him, that he may charge his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.”

Proverbs 28:7

Those who keep the law are wise children, but companions of gluttons shame their parents.

Ezekiel 44:22

They shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman but only a virgin of the stock of the house of Israel or a widow who is the widow of a priest.

Leviticus 21:14

A widow or a divorced woman or a woman who has been defiled, a prostitute—these he shall not marry. He shall marry a virgin of his own people,

Leviticus 21:7

They shall not marry a prostitute or a woman who has been defiled; neither shall they marry a woman divorced from her husband. For they are holy to their God,

Malachi 2:15

Did God not make them one, flesh with spirit in it? And what does the one desire? Godly offspring. So look to yourselves, and do not let anyone be faithless to the wife of his youth.

Luke 1:5

In the days of King Herod of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly order of Abijah. His wife was descended from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

Ephesians 5:18

Do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,

1 Thessalonians 5:14

And we urge you, brothers and sisters, to admonish the idlers, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with all of them.

1 Timothy 1:9

this means understanding that the law is laid down not for the righteous but for the lawless and disobedient, for the godless and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their father or mother, for murderers,

1 Timothy 3:12

Let deacons be married only once, and let them manage their children and their households well;

Titus 1:10

There are also many rebellious people, idle talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision;

1 Samuel 2:11

Then they left him there before the Lord and went home to Ramah, while the boy remained to minister to the Lord in the presence of the priest Eli.

1 Samuel 2:22

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