1 Timothy 3:2

American Standard Version

The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

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1 Timothy 3:2 in other translations

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;

1 Timothy 3:2 · World English Bible

1 Timothy 3:2 in context

  1. 1Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
  2. 2The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
  3. 3no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;
  4. 4one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;