5ForthiscauseleftItheeinCreteΚρήτῃ,KrētēG2914,thatthou shouldestsetinorderG2443thethingsG3778thatwerewanting,andappointκαταστήσῃςkatastēsēsG2525eldersπρεσβυτέρουςpresbuterousG4245ineverycityG4172,asIgavetheecharge; 7ForthebishopmustbeG1510blamelessἀνέγκλητονanegklētonG410,asGod’sstewardοἰκονόμον,oikonomonG3623;notself-willed,notsoon angry,nobrawler,nostriker,notgreedyoffilthy lucre; 8butgiventohospitality, a loverofgood, sober-minded,justG1342,holyὅσιον,hosionG3741,self-controlled; 9holdingtothefaithfulπιστοῦpistouG4103wordλόγου,logouG3056whichisᾖēG1510accordingκατὰkataG2596totheteachingδιδαχὴνdidachēnG1322,thathemaybeG1510ableδυνατὸςdunatosG1415bothtoexhortG3870inthesoundὑγιαινούσῃhugiainousēG5198doctrineG1319,andtoconvictἐλέγχειν.¶elegcheinG1651thegainsayers. 10ForthereareG1510manyπολλοὶpolloiG4183unrulymen, vaintalkersanddeceivers, speciallytheyofthecircumcisionπεριτομῆςperitomēsG4061, 11whosemouthsmustbestopped; menwhooverthrowwholeὅλουςholousG3650houses,teachingδιδάσκοντεςdidaskontesG1321thingsG3739whichtheyoughtG1163not,forfilthy lucre’ssake. 13ThistestimonyμαρτυρίαmarturiaG3141isG1510trueἀληθής·alēthēsG227.ForwhichcauseαἰτίανaitianG156reprovethemsharply,thattheymaybeG1510soundὑγιαίνωσινhugiainōsinG5198inthefaithπίστει,pisteiG4102, 14notgivingG4337heedtoJewishfables,andcommandmentsἐντολαῖςentolaisG1785ofmenG444whoturnG654awayἀποστρεφομένωνapostrephomenōnG654fromthetruthἀλήθειαν.¶alētheianG225. American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain
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