King James Version
Titus 1:8 in the King James Version says “But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate; men: or, things” — study this verse from Titus chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate; men: or, things”
Titus 1:8 · KJV
If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
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; men: or, things
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. as: or, in teaching
For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“sober”
G4998safe (sound) in mind, i.e., self-controlled (moderate as to opinion or passion)
“just”
G1342equitable (in character or act); by implication, innocent, holy (absolutely or relatively)
“holy”
G3741properly, right (by intrinsic or divine character; thus distinguished from 1342, which refers rather to human statutes and relations; from g2413, whic
“temperate”
G1468strong in a thing (masterful), i.e., (figuratively and reflexively) self-controlled (in appetite, etc.)
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