For I know him, for that he will command his sons and his house after him; and they watched the way of Jehovah to do justice and judgment, for Jehovah to bring upon Abraham what he spake to him.
Titus 1:6 - Julia E. Smith Translation 1876 If any be irreproachable, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not in accusation of licentiousness, or disorderly. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 if any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [These elders should be] men who are of unquestionable integrity and are irreproachable, the husband of [but] one wife, whose children are [well trained and are] believers, not open to the accusation of being loose in morals and conduct or unruly and disorderly. American Standard Version (1901) if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children that believe, who are not accused of riot or unruly. Common English Bible Elders should be without fault. They should be faithful to their spouse, and have faithful children who can’t be accused of self-indulgence or rebelliousness. Catholic Public Domain Version if such a man is without offense, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of self-indulgence, nor of insubordination. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If any be without crime, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of riot, or unruly. |
For I know him, for that he will command his sons and his house after him; and they watched the way of Jehovah to do justice and judgment, for Jehovah to bring upon Abraham what he spake to him.
He watching the law a son understanding: and the companion of squanderers will shame his father.
And they Shall not take a widow and her thrust away, to them for wives: but virgins from the seed of the house of Israel, and a widow which shall be a widow from a priest, shall they take.
A widow, and the driven away, and profane, and an harlot, those he shall not take: but a virgin of his people shall he take a wife.
They shall not take a woman, a harlot, or profane; and they shall not take a wife driven away from her husband, for he is holy to his God.
And did he not make one? And the remainder of the spirit to him. And why one? Seeking a seed of God. And ye matched in your spirit, and he shall not deal faithlessly against the wife of thy youth.
There was in the days of Herod, king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the daily order of Abia: and his wife the daughter of Aaron, and her name Elizabeth.
And be not drunk with wine, in which is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit;
And we beseech you, brethren, remind the disorderly, encourage the timid, sustain the weak, and be slow to anger to all.
Knowing this, that the law is laid down not for the just one, but for the lawless and disorderly, for the profane and sinful, for the wicked and unholy, for the patricides and matricides, for manslayers,
Let the deacons be husbands of one wife, presiding well over the children and their own houses.
For many also are disorderly, vain talkers and infatuates, especially they of the circumcision:
And Elkanah will go to Ramah, to his house. And the boy was serving Jehovah in the face of Eli the priest.
And Eli a very old man, and he heard all that his sons did to all Israel; and they will lie with the women going forth at the door of the tent of appointment