 | William Burkitt - 1832 - 908 pages
...cause I left thee in Crete, that thou shouldest ordain elders in evert/ etii/, as I appointed thee. 0 If 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 God ; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given... | |
 | William Innes - Conduct of life - 1833 - 276 pages
...dele, that thmi shouldst set in order the things that are wanting, and ordairt elders in every city : If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having...riot, or unruly. For a bishop must be blameless," &c. Here, it is plain, there Would he no legitimacy in the Apostle's inference, unless elder and bishop... | |
 | 1833 - 360 pages
...wanting and shouldest ordain priests in every city, as 1 also appointed thce : 6 If any be without crime, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of riot, or unruly. 7 For a bishop must be without crime, as the steward of God : not proud, not subject to anger, not... | |
 | James Patriot Wilson - Church polity - 1833 - 428 pages
...presbyter ; especially, indeed, if he be an unmarried man, or if even, according to the law of the Lord/ the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of riot, or unruly, he being not self-willed, not soon angry, neither given to mne, norjilthy lucre, but a lover of hospitality,... | |
 | James P. Wilson - 1833 - 428 pages
...; especially, indeed, if he be an unmarried man, or if even, according to the law of the Lord,ft/1e husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of riot, or unruly, he being not self-willed, not soon angry, neither given to wine, norjilthy lucre, but a lover of hospitality,... | |
 | John Mason Duncan - Creeds - 1834 - 276 pages
...description of the bishop's qualifications is furnished by the same apostle, and is as follows : — "A bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God...self-willed — not soon angry — not given to wine — not a striker — not given to filthy lucre — but a lover of hospitality — a lover of good... | |
 | 1834 - 406 pages
...in order the things tliat are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as 1 had appointed thee : 6 If 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 God ; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given... | |
 | Baptists - 1834 - 680 pages
...gave out his instructions to the people. The holy book mentions signs of a true Guru, which hear, " If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of riot, not unruly, not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;... | |
 | Samuel Miller - Elders (ruling) - 1835 - 334 pages
...left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee. If any be blameless, &c.; for a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God," &c. We may then perceive why he speaks... | |
 | William Paley - Theology - 1836 - 628 pages
...well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity," * 1 Tim. chap. iii. 2 — 4. "If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having...steward of God; not self-willed, not soon angry, not giren to vine, no striker, not given to JiUfiy lucre i but a later of Itospitality, a lover of good... | |
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For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee : 6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of riot,... 
