Titus 1:6

if any be blameless, the husband of one wife -Blameless"; the word has occurred 1 Timothy 3:10, to the same effect as -without reproach" in 1 Timothy 3:2, that word describing a character -such as cannot be laid hold of," this denoting a life -such as cannot be called in question," Vulg. -sine crimine." For the importance of this primary qualification see note on 1 Timothy 5:7. It fits exactly with the next, -husband of one wife." This also was what the ordinands were to be beforethey were appointed presbyters; hence -husband of one wife" refers to the prevalent polygamy, and has nothing to do with prohibition of a second marriage afterordination. We see in this here as elsewhere in the Pastoral Epistles (see note on 1 Timothy 3:2) -a solemn demand for purity and blamelessness in the marriage relation amid widespread concubinage and licence." Dr Reynolds, Expositor, Vol. viii. p. 74. Technically, -not a bigamist."

having faithful children -Faithful" is ambiguous, implying either -trustworthy" or -believing"; no doubt the latter is intended; the presbyter's household must not be one where the influence and teaching have been such that the children have still remained heathen; nor yet one where -faith" and -duty" have been severed; for they must also be neither chargeable with riotous living nor unruly, but living -in temperance, soberness and chastity," and submitting themselves -to all that are put in authority." -Riotous living" is perhaps better than R.V. -riot" (which is also substituted for the A.V. rendering of the same word -excess" in Ephesians 5:18), as recalling the typical instance of the character in the - ProdigalSon," Luke 15:13. -The prodigalis one who cannot save or spare, to use Spenser's word, -scatterling." The word forms part of Aristotle's ethical terminology, the truly liberal man being one who keeps the golden mean between the two extremes, prodigalityon one side and stinginesson the other." Trench, N.T. Syn. § 16.