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 ; but a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate... The Christian's Instructor: Containing a Summary Explanation and Defence of ... - Page 307de Josiah Hopkins - 1825 - 312 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| William Innes - 1833 - 276 pages
...that are without, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil." Again : Titus 1:7. " For a bishop* must be blameless, as the steward of God,...a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate. Holding fast the faithful word, as he hath been taught, that he may be able, by sound doctrine, both... | |
| John Fletcher - 1833 - 636 pages
...ideas from the writings of St. Paul, who thus addresses Titus upon the same subject : " A minister must be blameless as the steward of God ; not self-willed,...not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucro : but a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate ; holding fast... | |
| Hugh Gaston - 1834 - 384 pages
...7. He must have a good report of them that are without, lest he fall into reproach. Tit. i. 7, 8, 9. A bishop must be blameless as the steward of God,...a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, -temperate ; holding fast the faithful word, that he may be able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort and convince... | |
| 1834 - 640 pages
...be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of riot, or unruly. For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God;...hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate."t — Titus, chap, i, 6-8. The most natural account which can be given of these resemblances,... | |
| W. D. Gann - 1950 - 124 pages
...of Christ. — Col. 2:2. Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. —Col. 3:19. Be a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate; — Tit. 1:8. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. —... | |
| James Phinney Baxter - 1980 - 474 pages
...and clamor and evil speaking be put away from you with all malice." It is written in Tit. i. 7, " For a bishop must be blameless as the steward of God ; not self-willed, not soon angry, &c.," and in Eccles. 7. 9, " Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry ; for anger resteth in the bosom... | |
| Bertram Colgrave - 1985 - 396 pages
...In all these things he observed the teaching of the apostle Paul to Titus, remembering that he said: "A bishop must be blameless as the steward of God,...not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not quarrelsome, not given to f1lthy lucre, but a lover of hospitality, a lover ofgood, sober, just, holy,... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1969 - 1278 pages
...in either the Greek or the husband of one wife, watching, sober, modest, harberous *, apt to teach. not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre: but gentle, no fighter, not covetous, no young scholler, but well reported of, even of those that are without.... | |
| Bertram Colgrave - 1985 - 396 pages
...the steward of God, not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not quarrelsome, not given to filthy lucre, but a lover of hospitality, a lover ofgood, sober, just, holy, temperate; holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he... | |
| Michael E. Evans - 1988 - 58 pages
...be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly. 7 For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God;...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... | |
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