5 | This is why I left you in Crete, that you might amend what was defective, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you, |
6 | if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of being profligate or insubordinate. |
7 | For a bishop, as God's steward, must be blameless; he must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain, |
8 | but hospitable, a lover of goodness, master of himself, upright, holy, and self-controlled; |
9 | he must hold firm to the sure word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to confute those who contradict it. |
13 | This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith, |
14 | instead of giving heed to Jewish myths or to commands of men who reject the truth. |