1 Timothy 3:2
Ye and a bisshope must be fautlesse the husband of one wyfe sober discrete honestly aparelled harberous apt to teache
Tyndale New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
1This is a true sayinge. Yf a man covet the office of a bysshope he desyreth a good worke.
Cross References
Romans 12:13Distribute vnto the necessite of the saynctes and diligently to harboure.
1 Timothy 3:10And let them fyrst be proved and then let them minister yf they be founde fautlesse.
1 Timothy 5:9Let no wyddowe be chosen vnder threscore yere olde and soche a one as was the wyfe of one man
Titus 1:6Yf eny be fautelesse the husbande of one wyfe havynge faythfull childre which are not selandred of royote nether are disobedient.
Hebrews 3:14We are partetakers of Christ yf we kepe sure vnto the ende the fyrst substance
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 →