Titus 1:6 (DBY)

Passage

if any one be free from all charge [against him], husband of one wife, having believing children not accused of excess or unruly.

Nearby Context

Titus 1:4 to Titus, my own child according to [the] faith common [to us]: Grace and peace from God [the] Father, and Christ Jesus our Saviour.

Titus 1:5 For this cause I left thee in Crete, that thou mightest go on to set right what remained [unordered], and establish elders in each city, as *I* had ordered thee:

Titus 1:6 if any one be free from all charge [against him], husband of one wife, having believing children not accused of excess or unruly.

Titus 1:7 For the overseer must be free from all charge [against him] as God's steward; not headstrong, not passionate, not disorderly through wine, not a striker, not seeking gain by base means;

Titus 1:8 but hospitable, a lover of goodness, discreet, just, pious, temperate,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "free", "charge", "against", "husband", "wife", "having", "believing", and "children". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "free" and "charge", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "For this cause I left thee in..." into verse 7's "For the overseer must be free from...", so "free" and "charge" belong inside that flow. In Titus context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "free" and "charge" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.