...God ?) Not a novice, lest, being lifted up with pride, he fall into the condemnation of the devil ; holding fast the faithful word, as he hath been taught,...sound doctrine, both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers."0 Thus he exhorts Timothy : " Be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation,...

...of vast charges. I will show them therefore a shorter and a better way of confutation. Tit. i. 9, ' Holding fast the faithful word, as he hath been taught,...by sound doctrine, both to exhort and to convince gainsayers,' who are confuted as soon as heard, bringing that which is either not in scripture, or...

...given to filthy lucre ; but a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate ; holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught,...he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and convince the gaiusayers. 1 Tim. iii, 2 — 7. ' A bishop must be blameless, the husband of one wife,...

...the Bishop's address and what Paul describes as the characteristic features of a true " Bishop," " Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught,...may be able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort and convince the gainsayers" (Titus i. 9.) Should we not have supposed that his one object would have been...

...after them." And to Titus he said, " A bishop must hold fast the faithful word, that he may be•able by sound doctrine, both to exhort and to convince...there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things that they ought not, for filthy...

...holiness of God—" holding fast the faithful Word as he INESTIMABLE VALUE OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES. 119 hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers." Tit. i. 9. Now, this doctrine, according to godliness, is only to be discovered in the Scriptures of...

...and thinks like the Lord as humanly possible. Titus 1 :8 25. Holding fast the faithful word as he has been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine, both to exhort and to convict those who contradict. - He has a healthy grasp of scripture and a burning zeal as to successfully...

...of the qualifications for the overseer or pastor is that he hold fast "the faithful word as he has been taught, that he may be able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort and convict those who contradict." The Greek phrase translated "sound doctrine" is te didaskalia te hygiainouse,...

...®r:l0yer:o£. what. is^gooal, sj^^jnifMJ^d, juM, hfd& self-controlled, holding fast thejaithful word as he has been taught, that he may be able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort and convict those who contradict (Titus 1:6-9). It's interesting how "blameless" leads the list again followed...

...lover of what is good •just • holy • self-controlled • holding fast the faithful Word as he has been taught, that he may be able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort and convict those whose actions/ decisions contradict God's Word William Einwechter, editor of the National...