...God ; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre ; 8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate ; 9 Holding fast the faithful word, as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both...

...as the steward of God ; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre ; But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, ho(y, temperate. Tit. i. 7, 8. Let brotherly love continue. Be not forgetful to entertain strängen...

...God ; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre ; 8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate ; 9 Holding fast the faithful word, as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both...

...and singleness of heart. The appointed ministers of the Church of Christ are indeed commanded to " be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers J " but, though this direction of the Apostle Paul does not exclude the laity from religious learning,...

...as the steward of God ; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre ; but a lover of hospitality, a lover...he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and convince the gaiusayers. 1 Tim. iii, 2 — 7. ' A bishop must be blameless, the husband of one wife,...

...God ?) Not a novice, lest, being lifted up with pride, he fall into the condemnation of the devil ; holding fast the faithful word, as he hath been taught,...sound doctrine, both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers."0 Thus he exhorts Timothy : " Be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation,...

...of vast charges. I will show them therefore a shorter and a better way of confutation. Tit. i. 9, ' Holding fast the faithful word, as he hath been taught,...by sound doctrine, both to exhort and to convince gainsayers,' who are confuted as soon as heard, bringing that which is either not in scripture, or...

...®r:l0yer:o£. what. is^gooal, sj^^jnifMJ^d, juM, hfd& self-controlled, holding fast thejaithful word as he has been taught, that he may be able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort and convict those who contradict (Titus 1:6-9). It's interesting how "blameless" leads the list again followed...

...of the qualifications for the overseer or pastor is that he hold fast "the faithful word as he has been taught, that he may be able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort and convict those who contradict." The Greek phrase translated "sound doctrine" is te didaskalia te hygiainouse,...

...as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre; But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate; I CORINTHIANS 6: 9,10 BACK TO BASICS I've heard preachers yell from pulpits, "It's important what you...