Verse 2
1 Timothy 3:2
Darby Translation
2
The overseer then must be irreproachable, husband of one wife, sober, discreet, decorous, hospitable, apt to teach;
Original Language Text
greek
δεῖ οὖν τὸν ἐπίσκοπον ἀνεπίλημπτον εἶναι, μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἄνδρα, νηφάλιον, σώφρονα, κόσμιον, φιλόξενον, διδακτικόν,
English Translation
Therefore, it is necessary for the overseer to be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
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Chapter 3 Context
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The word [is] faithful: if any one aspires to exercise oversight, he desires a good work.
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The overseer then must be irreproachable, husband of one wife, sober, discreet, decorous, hospitable...
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not given to excesses from wine, not a striker, but mild, not addicted to contention, not fond of mo...
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conducting his own house well, having [his] children in subjection with all gravity;
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(but if one does not know how to conduct his own house, how shall he take care of the assembly of Go...
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not a novice, that he may not, being inflated, fall into [the] fault of the devil.
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But it is necessary that he should have also a good testimony from those without, that he may fall n...
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Ministers, in like manner, grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not seeking gain by ba...
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holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
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And let these be first proved, then let them minister, being without charge [against them].
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[The] women in like manner grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
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Let [the] ministers be husbands of one wife, conducting [their] children and their own houses well:
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for those who shall have ministered well obtain for themselves a good degree, and much boldness in f...
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These things I write to thee, hoping to come to thee more quickly;
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but if I delay, in order that thou mayest know how one ought to conduct oneself in God (Elohim)'s ho...
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And confessedly the mystery of piety is great. God (Elohim) has been manifested in flesh, has been j...
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