Catholic Public Domain Version
"but instead: hospitable, kind, sober, just, holy, chaste, "
— Titus 1:8, Catholic Public Domain 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, just, holy, self-controlled; ”
“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 reason, I left you behind in Crete: so that those things which are lacking, you would correct, and so that you would ordain, throughout the communities, priests, (just as I also ordained you)
if such a man is without offense, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of self-indulgence, nor of insubordination.
And a bishop, as a steward of God, must be without offense: not arrogant, not short-tempered, not a drunkard, not violent, not desiring tainted profit,
but instead: hospitable, kind, sober, just, holy, chaste,
embracing faithful speech which is in agreement with doctrine, so that he may be able to exhort in sound doctrine and to argue against those who contradict.
For there are, indeed, many who are disobedient, who speak empty words, and who deceive, especially those who are of the circumcision.
These must be reproved, for they subvert entire houses, teaching things which should not be taught, for the favor of shameful gain.