American Standard Version
"but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled; "
— Titus 1:8, American Standard Version
“But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;”
“but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober minded, fair, holy, self-controlled;”
“Instead he must be hospitable, devoted to what is good, sensible, upright, devout, and self-controlled.”
“But given to hospitality, gentle, sober, just, holy, continent:”
“But opening his house freely to guests; a lover of what is good, serious-minded, upright, holy, self-controlled;”
“But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;”
For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that were wanting, and appoint elders in every city, as I gave thee charge;
if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children that believe, who are not accused of riot or unruly.
For the bishop must be blameless, as God’s steward; not self-willed, not soon angry, no brawler, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre;
but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled;
holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able both to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict the gainsayers.
For there are many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision,
whose mouths must be stopped; men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.