Titus 1:9

An elder must hold firmly to trustworthy, apostolic teaching so he can encourage with sound doctrine and refute those who oppose it. It matters because guarding and teaching the truth is central to the elder's calling.

Cross-references · 23

• 2 Th 2:15Therefore, brothers, stand firm and cling to the traditions we taught you, whether by speech or by letter.
• 2 Tim 1:13Hold on to the pattern of sound teaching you have heard from me, with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
• 1 Tim 6:3If anyone teaches another doctrine and disagrees with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and with godly teaching,
• 1 Tim 1:10for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching
• Rev 3:11I am coming soon. Hold fast to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.
• 1 Tim 1:15This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst.
• Rev 3:3Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you.
• Titus 2:7–8In everything, show yourself to be an example by doing good works. In your teaching show integrity, dignity,
• Titus 2:1But as for you, speak the things that are consistent with sound doctrine.
• Acts 18:28For he powerfully refuted the Jews in public debate, proving from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.
• 1 Cor 14:24But if an unbeliever or uninstructed person comes in while everyone is prophesying, he will be convicted and called to account by all,
• Jude 1:3Beloved, although I made every effort to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt it necessary to write and urge you to contend earnestly for the faith entrusted once for all to the saints.
• 1 Th 5:21but test all things. Hold fast to what is good.
• Titus 1:11who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.
• 1 Tim 4:9This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance.
• Prov 23:23Invest in truth and never sell it—in wisdom and instruction and understanding.
• 2 Tim 2:2And the things that you have heard me say among many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be qualified to teach others as well.
• 2 Tim 4:3For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires.
• Job 2:3Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”
• 1 Tim 1:19holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and thereby shipwrecked their faith.
• Job 27:6I will cling to my righteousness and never let go. As long as I live, my conscience will not accuse me.
• Rev 2:25Nevertheless, hold fast to what you have until I come.
• 2 Tim 2:25He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth.

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