Titus 1:7 (WEB)
For the overseer must be blameless, as God’s steward; not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;Titus 1:7 · World English Bible, public domain
Bible & Money · Concordance · Book 45 of 52
Updated 2026-07-31 · Sources: 2 · 5 passages · 1 with notes
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For the overseer must be blameless, as God’s steward; not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;Titus 1:7 · World English Bible, public domain
but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober minded, fair, holy, self-controlled;Titus 1:8 · World English Bible, public domain
2that older men should be temperate, sensible, sober minded, sound in faith, in love, and in perseverance: 3and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good; 4that they may train the young wives to love their husbands, to love their children, 5to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that God’s word may not be blasphemed.Titus 2:2-5 · World English Bible, public domain
Older believers are assigned the work of teaching younger ones. Legacy as transferred wisdom, not only transferred assets.
9Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters, and to be well-pleasing in all things; not contradicting; 10not stealing, but showing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God, our Savior, in all things.Titus 2:9-10 · World English Bible, public domain
Let our people also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful.Titus 3:14 · World English Bible, public domain