1 Timothy 3:2

it is required, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, a husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, respectable, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,

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In The King James Version

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

In Context

1The word [is] steadfast: If anyone longs for overseership, he desires a right work;

3not given to wine, not a striker, but gentle, not contentious, not a lover of money,

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Cross References

Isaiah 56:10His watchmen [are] blind—all of them, || They have not known, || All of them [are] mute dogs, they are not able to bark, || Dozing, lying down, loving to slumber.

Romans 12:13to the necessities of the holy ones communicating; the hospitality pursuing.

1 Timothy 3:10and let these also first be proved, then let them minister, being unblameable.

1 Timothy 5:9A widow—do not let her be enrolled under sixty years of age, having been a wife of one husband,

Titus 1:6if anyone is blameless, a husband of one wife, having believing children, not under accusation of riotous living or insubordinate—

Hebrews 3:14for we have become partakers of the Christ, if we may hold fast the confidence [we had] at the beginning to 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 →

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