56:001:006 If any be blameless, the husband of one
wife, having faithful
children
not accused of riot or unruly.
56:001:007 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;
56:001:008 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of
good men, sober, just,
holy,
temperate;
56:001:009 Holding fast the faithful word as he hath
been taught, that he
may
be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince
the
gainsayers.
56:001:010 For there are many unruly and vain talkers
and deceivers,
specially
they of the circumcision:
56:001:011 Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert
whole houses,
teaching
things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s
sake.
56:001:012 One of themselves, even a prophet of their
own, said, The
Cretians
are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.
56:001:013 This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke
them sharply, that they
may
be sound in the faith;
56:001:014 Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments
of men,
that
turn from the truth.
56:001:015 Unto the pure all things are pure:
but unto them that are
defiled
and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind
and
conscience is defiled.
56:001:016 They profess that they know God; but in
works they deny him,
being
abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work
reprobate.
56:002:001 But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:
56:002:002 That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate,
sound in faith,
in
charity, in patience.
56:002:003 The aged women likewise, that they be in
behaviour as becometh
holiness,
not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers
of
good things;
56:002:004 That they may teach the young women to
be sober, to love their
husbands,
to love their children,
56:002:005 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home,
good, obedient to
their
own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
56:002:006 Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.
56:002:007 In all things shewing thyself a pattern
of good works: in
doctrine
shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,
56:002:008 Sound speech, that cannot be condemned;
that he that is of the
contrary
part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of
you.
56:002:009 Exhort servants to be obedient unto their
own masters, and to
please
them well in all things; not answering again;
56:002:010 Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity;
that they may
adorn
the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.


