...any 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...given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre. Titus 1:5-7 Then how can we accept the following commentary in the ministry segment of the BEM document?...

...the New Testament, describes the character of a man who would be considered for the role of bishop: "For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of...given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre." Having the power of discernment, a bishop's job in the Church requires a great deal of time and personal...

...are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. (1 Timothy 3:1-7) Furthermore, For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of...doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers. (Titus 1:7-9) And finally, And even the bishop, who is a judge, and his counselors, if they are not...

...songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.' Titus 1:7-9 'For §..j3i§ho^...muM.M.MameJ^ss. as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry,...good men, sober, just, holy, temperate; Holding fast wojd, as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince...

...any 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...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...

...any 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...given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre. ' Titus 1 :5-7 We notice Peter claimed no authority different from or greater than any other local...

...Church who have capitulated their "building programs" are reminded to hold on to truth. Titus 1:9 says, "Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught,...doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers" Sadly, many are sidetracked by lust of one kind or another rather than pursuing the spiritual "gold"...

...Pauline injunction which recurs both lexically and, we shall see, structurally, throughout his work: Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught,...doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers. For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision: Whose...

...profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: (2 Timothy 3:16). 'Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught,...doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers. ... 'But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:... 'In all things showing thyself a pattern...

...his target (4:2,3). Paul's letter to Titus bears the same emphasis. The Pastor must be able to hold "fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that...doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers" who are guilty of teaching things which they ought not" (1:9,11). He is to "speak the things which...