May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For in their anger they kill men, and on a whim they hamstring oxen.
Titus 1:7 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised As an overseer of God’s household, he must be blameless, not arrogant, not hot-tempered, not an excessive drinker, not a bully, not greedy for money, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For the bishop (an overseer) as God's steward must be blameless, not self-willed or arrogant or presumptuous; he must not be quick-tempered or given to drink or pugnacious (brawling, violent); he must not be grasping and greedy for filthy lucre (financial gain); American Standard Version (1901) For the bishop must be blameless, as God’s steward; not self-willed, not soon angry, no brawler, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; Common English Bible This is because supervisors should be without fault as God’s managers: they shouldn’t be stubborn, irritable, addicted to alcohol, a bully, or greedy. Catholic Public Domain Version And a bishop, as a steward of God, must be without offense: not arrogant, not short-tempered, not a drunkard, not violent, not desiring tainted profit, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For a bishop must be without crime, as the steward of God: not proud, not subject to anger, not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre: |
May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For in their anger they kill men, and on a whim they hamstring oxen.
A quick-tempered person acts foolishly, and one who schemes is hated.
A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict, but one slow to anger calms strife.
Patience is better than power, and controlling one’s emotions, than capturing a city.
Don’t let your spirit rush to be angry, for anger abides in the heart of fools.
Even these stagger because of wine and stumble under the influence of beer: Priest and prophet stagger because of beer. They are confused by wine. They stumble because of beer. They are muddled in their visions. They stumble in their judgements.
‘You and your sons are not to drink wine or beer when you enter the tent of meeting, or else you will die; this is a permanent statute throughout your generations.
‘Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master has put in charge of his household, to give them food at the proper time?
The Lord said, ‘Who then is the faithful and sensible manager his master will put in charge of his household servants to give them their allotted food at the proper time?
And don’t get drunk with wine, which leads to reckless living, but be filled by the Spirit:
Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus: To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, including the overseers and deacons.
The reason I left you in Crete was to set right what was left undone and, as I directed you, to appoint elders in every town.
In the same way, older women are to be reverent in behaviour, not slanderers, not slaves to excessive drinking. They are to teach what is good,
Just as each one has received a gift, use it to serve others, as good stewards of the varied grace of God.
Shepherd God’s flock among you, not overseeing out of compulsion but willingly, as God would have you; not out of greed for money but eagerly;
especially those who follow the polluting desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold, arrogant people! They are not afraid to slander the glorious ones;