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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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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).