1 Timothy 3:2

So, it-is-necessitating the watch-upon-er/overseer/supervisor to-be-being without-having-been-taken-upon-able/unassailable/irreproachable/beyond-reproach-able, [a] man of{one woman}, sober/temperate, sound-disposition-ive, orderly, fond-foreign/guest-able/hospitable, teach-ful,

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

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

1Faithful, the word, if someone is-reaching-self-for of{watch-upon/oversight/supervision}, he-is-desiring-upon of{good work}.

3not beside-wine-ous, not [a] brawler; contrariwise, image-upon-able/suitable, without-fight-eous, un-silver-fond,

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Cross References

Romans 12:13to{the needs} of{the[plural] holy}, common-ing/participating/partnering, chasing the fond-foreign/guest-ia/hospitality.

1 Timothy 3:10Moreover, also the-same: be-being-esteem-ized/evaluated first; thereafter, [they:] be-serving, being without-call-ins/charges/indictments,

1 Timothy 5:9[A] widow: be-being-said/accounted/reckoned-according-to not less-than of{sixty years}, [a] woman having-become of{one man},

Titus 1:6If someone is-being without-call-in/charge/indictment, [a] man of{one woman}, having believing/faithful offsprings, not in to{accusation} of{un-wholeness} or unset-under/un-subject/insubordinate,

Hebrews 3:14for we-have-become have-alongsides/partakers/sharers of{the Anointed} emphatically-if-supposing we-may-hold-down/according-to the origin of{the stand-under-sis[i.e. state of standing under]} up-to confirmed[adjective] of{finish/completion},

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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