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1 Tim. 3:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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A bishopn then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of θgood behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

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Titus 1:6• ⁶If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly. (Titus 1:6)

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or, modest.

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bishop.

Titus 1:6‑9• ⁶If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
⁷For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
⁸But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
⁹Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers. (Titus 1:6‑9)

blameless.

1 Tim. 3:10• ¹⁰And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless. (1 Tim. 3:10)

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Luke 1:6• ⁶And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. (Luke 1:6)

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Phil. 2:15• ¹⁵That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; (Phil. 2:15)

the husband.

1 Tim. 4:3• ³Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. (1 Tim. 4:3)

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1 Tim. 5:9• ⁹Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man, (1 Tim. 5:9)

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Heb. 3:14• ¹⁴For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end; (Heb. 3:14)

vigilant.

Isa. 56:10• ¹⁰His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. (Isa. 56:10)

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1 Peter 4:7• ⁷But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. (1 Peter 4:7)

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1 Peter 5:8• ⁸Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: (1 Peter 5:8)

of good behaviour.

or, modest.

given.

Rom. 12:13• ¹³Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality. (Rom. 12:13)

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Titus 1:8• ⁸But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate; (Titus 1:8)

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Heb. 13:2• ²Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. (Heb. 13:2)

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1 Peter 4:9• ⁹Use hospitality one to another without grudging. (1 Peter 4:9)

apt.

2 Tim. 2:24• ²⁴And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, (2 Tim. 2:24)

• Local charge, which has government for its aim, is based on the possession of qualities chiefly moral (with or without specific gift in the word) which would give weight in dealing with conscience, or righteous aptitude in the discharge of external duty. (“On 1 Timothy 3:1-7” by W. Kelly)

• No doubt apostles hold an unique place. They stand the first in point of gifts (χαρίσματα, 1 Cor. 12; δόματα, Eph. 4); but they were also the chief of appointed authorities with title to appoint subordinate authorities in the Lord's name. Hence they, and they only, are seen in scripture appointing presbyters and deacons, either directly or through an authorized deputy in a given sphere like Titus. Never is such a fact heard of as a presbyter ordaining a presbyter or a deacon. It destroys the whole principle of authority descending from above as in Scripture (“On 1 Timothy 3:1-7” by W. Kelly)

• Certain qualities were needed to make anyone fit for such a charge. Gifts are not included among them, unless the being “apt to teach” might be so considered; but even this is presented as a quality. (“1 Timothy 3” by J.N. Darby)

• They are to seek that their own walk, and the walk of the Lord's people, may be worthy of the Lord. (“The Order of God's House: 1 Timothy 2-3” by H. Smith)

• "The directions even as to elders and deacons are not, so to speak, merely for their own sake; they show us the character that God values and seeks from His people" (F.W.G.). The moral character of the elder must be above reproach. (“The Order of God's House: 1 Timothy 2-3” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The overseer then must be irreproachable, husband of one wife, sober, discreetg, decorous, hospitable, apt to teach;

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i.e. "of sound mind," as ch. 2.9.

W. Kelly Translation

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The overseera therefore must be irreproachable, husband of one wife, temperate, sober, orderly, hospitable, apt to teach,

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Or, "bishop."