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