Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
For a bishop must be blameless - I Timothy 3:2.
As the steward of God - See notes, I Corinthians 4:1-2. A man, in order to perform the duties of such an office, should be one against whom no accusation could lie.
Not self-willed - Compare II Peter 2:10. The word - ̓́ authadēs - does not elsewhere occur in the New Testament. It means, properly, self-complacent; and then, assuming, arrogant, imperious; Robinson, Lexicon - The gist of the offence - the very "head and front" - is that of being self-complacent; a trait of character which, of necessity, makes a man imperious, dogmatical, impatient of contradiction, and unyielding. Such a man, evidently, is not fit for the office of a minister of the gospel.
Not soon angry - See notes, I Timothy 3:2, and the margin there.
Not given to wine - Notes, I Timothy 3:3.
No striker - Notes, I Timothy 3:3.
Not given to filthy lucre - In 1 Tim. 3, "Not given of filthy lucre." The same Greek word is used.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Titus 1:7:
Acts 20:28
Acts 20:28
Philippians 1:1
1 Timothy 3:1
1 Timothy 3:3
1 Timothy 5:17
Titus 1:5
2 Peter 2:10
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