1 Timothy 3:2
The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;
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1This is a faithful saying: someone who seeks to be an overseer desires a good work.
3not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;
Cross References
Isaiah 56:10His watchmen are blind. They are all without knowledge. They are all mute dogs. They can’t bark— dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
Romans 12:13contributing to the needs of the saints, and given to hospitality.
1 Timothy 3:10Let them also first be tested; then let them serve if they are blameless.
1 Timothy 5:9Let no one be enrolled as a widow under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man,
Titus 1:6if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.
Hebrews 3:14For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence firm 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 →