 For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God ; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre ; but a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate; holding fast the faithful...  The fruits of reflection; or, Moral remembrances on various subjects - Page 17by Elizabeth Helme - 1809Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Bradbury - Baptism - 1749 - 260 pages
...other Gofpel to you, than you have received, let him be accurfed. A Tit. i. 9. Bifhop is to hold faft the faithful Word as he has been taught, that he may be able by found Doctrine both to exhort and convince the Gain-fayers. Whoever denies the Son the fame has not... | |
 | Joseph Priestley - Christianity - 1786 - 458 pages
...from a variety of circumftances, and may be inferred particularly from Tit. £.9. &c. Holding faft the faithful word, as he has been taught, that he may be able by found doctrine both to exhort and convince the gainfayers. For there are many unruly and vain talkers... | |
 | Missions - 1796 - 612 pages
..."blameless as the steward of God; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, npt given to filthy lucre ; but a lover of hospitality,...holy, temperate, holding fast the faithful word, as he had been taught." So strongly was he attached to his church, that no offer could induce him to leave... | |
 | Catharine Phillips - Quaker women - 1797 - 398 pages
...men, *' fober, jufl, holy, temperate, holding forth the Or, as It may be tranflated, « faithful " faithful word as he has been taught ; that he " may be able by found do&rine both to exhort " and convince the gainfayers." An excellent catalogue of necefiary qualifications... | |
 | 1802 - 374 pages
...servants. self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre ; 8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate ; g'HoIding fast the faithful word, as he hath been taught, that he may be able, by sound dodtrine,... | |
 | William Smith - 1803 - 584 pages
...GentHetfuerinr, Unnm Uxorembabuerint, (et eaamista} Alttram duxcrint, in Sactrdettm non ctifrnJot putant. filthy Lucre, but a Lover of Hospitality, a Lover...holy, temperate; 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 Gain-sayers;... | |
 | Theology - 1803 - 516 pages
...blameless as, the steward of God, not self-willed, not given to u-ine, no striker, not given tojilthy lucre, but a lover of hospitality, a lover of good...temperate, holding fast the faithful •word, as he had been taught, that he might, be able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort, and convince gainsayers.... | |
 | 1803 - 466 pages
...a bishop " blameless as the steward of God ; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre ; but a lover of...a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate j bolding fast the faithful word as he had been taught, and that he was able, by sound doftrine, both... | |
 | John Fletcher - 1804 - 444 pages
...minister must be blameless, as the steward of God ; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre : but a lover of...holy, temperate : holding fast the faithful word, that he may be able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort and to convince, the gainsayers. He must use... | |
 | 1804 - 476 pages
...of God; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre: 8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate ; 9 Holding fast the faithful word, as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine,... | |
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