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Titus 1:7

Titus 1:7

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a bishop: Titus 1:5; Philippians 1:1; 1 Timothy 3:1, 1 Timothy 3:2-13

as: Matthew 24:45; Luke 12:42; 1 Corinthians 4:1-2; 1 Peter 4:10

not selfwilled: Genesis 49:6; 2 Peter 2:10

not soon: Proverbs 14:17, Proverbs 15:18, Proverbs 16:32; Ecclesiastes 7:9; James 1:19-20

not given to wine: Titus 2:3; Leviticus 10:9; Proverbs 31:4-5; Isaiah 28:7, Isaiah 56:12; Ezekiel 44:21; Ephesians 5:18; 1 Timothy 3:3

no: 2 Timothy 2:24-25 *Gr.

not given to filthy: Isaiah 56:10-11; 1 Timothy 3:3, 1 Timothy 3:8; 1 Peter 5:2

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