1 Timothy 3:2

The overseer therefore must be blameless, the husband of one wife, without wine, serious minded, disciplined, loving strangers, able 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

1Faithful is the saying, If any man aspires to supervision, he desires a good work.

3no drunkard, not a fighter, not greedy of base gain, but meek, noncontentious, no lover of money,

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Cross References

Isaiah 56:10His watchmen are blind. They are all without knowledge. They are all mute dogs. They cannot bark, dreaming, laying down, loving to slumber.

Romans 12:13sharing for the needs of the sanctified, pursuing love for strangers.

1 Timothy 3:10And let these also first be proven, then being blameless, let them serve as deacons.

1 Timothy 5:9Let no widow be enrolled under sixty years old, having become the wife of one man,

Titus 1:6if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having believing children, not with an accusation of debauchery or insubordinate.

Hebrews 3:14For we have become companions of the Christ, if only we keep in possession the primacy of the essence, steadfast until 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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