Titus 1:9
“Holding fast the faithfull word, as hee hath beene taught, that he may bee able by sound doctrine, both to exhort and to conuince the gainsayers.”
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Titus 1:9 Context
7For a Bishop must be blameles, as the steward of God: not selfewilled, not soone angry, not giuen to wine, no striker, not giuen to filthie lucre, 8But a louer of hospitality, a louer of good men, sober, iust, holy, temperate, 9Holding fast the faithfull word, as hee hath beene taught, that he may bee able by sound doctrine, both to exhort and to conuince the gainsayers. 10For there are many vnruly and vaine talkers and deceiuers, specially they of the circumcision: 11Whose mouthes must be stopped, who subuert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthie lucres sake.
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Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.
- King James Version
holding fast the faithful word which is in accordance with the teaching, so that he will be able both to exhort in sound doctrine and to refute those who contradict.
- New American Standard Version (1995)