What Does Titus 1:6 Mean in the King James?

If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.

Titus 1:6 · KJV

The analysis reads the King James wording.

King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

THE KEY

The verse locates a leader’s trustworthiness in the steadiness of the relationships closest to them.

THE MEANING

This verse describes a life that withstands accusation, remains faithful in marriage, and is joined to children described as steady and trustworthy rather than reckless or insubordinate. Where you carry responsibility, public credibility and the life closest to you belong together.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

A respected role cannot make a disorderly private life trustworthy.

THE ROOT

πιστά

pista

GROWS FROM

πείθω

peithō

to persuade, be persuaded, or trust

The children are called ⁨πιστά⁩, a form of ⁨πιστός⁩: steady, dependable, trustworthy. Its word family also includes ⁨πίστις⁩, trust; the Greek carries the firmness others can rely on, a depth that sits within the English word “faithful.”

ALSO GROWS

pistos: steady, dependable, trustworthy

πιστός

This is the word family’s description of the children: their character is reliable.

pistis: trust, confidence, faith

πίστις

Trust names the relation made possible by steadiness: others can lean on what proves reliable.

THE PATTERN

Trustworthy leadership becomes visible through integrity in close relationships and in the way a person treats those in their care.

The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.

Proverbs 20:7 · KJVIntegrity is pictured as a way of walking whose effects reach into the lives of one’s children.

One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

1 Timothy 3:4 · KJVThe description of oversight includes the conduct of the household in a person’s care.

Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.

1 Peter 5:3 · KJVThose entrusted with others show their character through the example their lives provide.

THE THREAD

He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.

Luke 16:10 · KJV

Titus uses ⁨πιστά⁩ for the children; Luke uses ⁨πιστός⁩ for the person reliable in the least thing. Both belong to the ⁨πείθω⁩ word family, connecting steadiness with the trust others can place in a person.

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