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Chapter 4

Do Not Judge before the Appointed Time. People should regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

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The Nature of True Apostleship

This, then, is how you ought to regard us: as servants(A) of Christ and as those entrusted(B) with the mysteries(C) God has revealed.

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For in his role as God’s steward a bishop[a] must be blameless. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or prone to drunkenness or violent or avaricious.

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Footnotes

  1. Titus 1:7 Bishop: (i.e., “overseer”) this term could replace presbyter (i.e., “elder”: vv. 5-6) because the two were equivalent at that time (see Acts 20:17, 28).

Since an overseer(A) manages God’s household,(B) he must be blameless—not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain.(C)

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