1 Timothy 3:2
Therefore, it is necessary for a bishop to be beyond reproach, the husband of one wife, sober, prudent, gracious, chaste, hospitable, a teacher,
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1It is a faithful saying: if a man desires the episcopate, he desires a good work.
3not a drunkard, not combative but restrained, not quarrelsome, not covetous;
Cross References
Isaiah 56:10His watchmen are all blind. They are all ignorant. They are mute dogs without the ability to bark, seeing empty things, sleeping and loving dreams.
Romans 12:13in the difficulties of the saints, sharing; in hospitality, attentive.
1 Timothy 3:10And these things should be proven first, and then they may minister, being without offense.
1 Timothy 5:9Let a widow be chosen who is no less than sixty years of age, who was the wife of one husband,
Titus 1:6if such a man is without offense, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of self-indulgence, nor of insubordination.
Hebrews 3:14For we have been made participants in Christ. This is only so, if we firmly retain the beginning of his substance, even unto the end.
Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 3:2-8
Duties of Bishops and Deacons. ( a. d. 64.) 1 This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. 2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; 3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; 4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; 5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how… Read the whole commentary →