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For a bishopx must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;

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1 Tim. 3:2• ²The overseer then must be irreproachable, husband of one wife, sober, discreet, decorous, hospitable, apt to teach; (1 Tim. 3:2)

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a bishop.

Titus 1:5• ⁵For this cause I left thee in Crete, that thou mightest go on to set right what remained unordered, and establish elders in each city, as *I* had ordered thee: (Titus 1:5)

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Phil. 1:1• ¹Paul and Timotheus, bondmen of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the overseers and ministers; (Phil. 1:1)

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1 Tim. 3:1,2‑13• ¹The word is faithful: if any one aspires to exercise oversight, he desires a good work.
²The overseer then must be irreproachable, husband of one wife, sober, discreet, decorous, hospitable, apt to teach;
³not given to excesses from wine, not a striker, but mild, not addicted to contention, not fond of money,
⁴conducting his own house well, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
⁵(but if one does not know how to conduct his own house, how shall he take care of the assembly of God?)
⁶not a novice, that he may not, being inflated, fall into the fault of the devil.
⁷But it is necessary that he should have also a good testimony from those without, that he may fall not into reproach and the snare of the devil.
⁸Ministers, in like manner, grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not seeking gain by base means,
⁹holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
¹⁰And let these be first proved, then let them minister, being without charge against them.
¹¹The women in like manner grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
¹²Let the ministers be husbands of one wife, conducting their children and their own houses well:
¹³for those who shall have ministered well obtain for themselves a good degree, and much boldness in faith which is in Christ Jesus. (1 Tim. 3:1,2‑13)

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Matt. 24:45• ⁴⁵Who then is the faithful and prudent bondman whom his lord has set over his household, to give them food in season? (Matt. 24:45)

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Luke 12:42• ⁴²And the Lord said, Who then is the faithful and prudent steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give the measure of corn in season? (Luke 12:42)

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1 Cor. 4:1‑2• ¹Let a man so account of us as servants of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
²Here, further, it is sought in stewards, that a man be found faithful. (1 Cor. 4:1‑2)

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1 Peter 4:10• ¹⁰each according as he has received a gift, ministering it to one another, as good stewards of the various grace of God. (1 Peter 4:10)

not selfwilled.

Gen. 49:6• ⁶My soul, come not into their council; Mine honour, be not united with their assembly; For in their anger they slew men, And in their wantonness houghed oxen. (Gen. 49:6)

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2 Peter 2:10• ¹⁰and specially those who walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise lordship. Bold are they, self-willed; they do not fear speaking injuriously of dignities: (2 Peter 2:10)

not soon.

Prov. 14:17• ¹⁷He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly, and a man of mischievous devices is hated. (Prov. 14:17)

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Prov. 15:18• ¹⁸A furious man stirreth up contention; but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife. (Prov. 15:18)

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Prov. 16:32• ³²He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city. (Prov. 16:32)

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Eccl. 7:9• ⁹Be not hasty in thy spirit to be vexed; for vexation resteth in the bosom of fools. (Eccl. 7:9)

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James 1:19‑20• ¹⁹So that, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;
²⁰for man's wrath does not work God's righteousness. (James 1:19‑20)

not given to wine.

Titus 2:3• ³that the elder women in like manner be in deportment as becoming those who have to say to sacred things, not slanderers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of what is right; (Titus 2:3)

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Lev. 10:9• ⁹Thou shalt not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, and thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tent of meeting, lest ye die--it is an everlasting statute throughout your generations, (Lev. 10:9)

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Prov. 31:4‑5• ⁴It is not for kings, Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, nor for rulers to say, Where is the strong drink?
⁵--lest they drink and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the children of affliction. (Prov. 31:4‑5)

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Isa. 28:7• ⁷But these also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are they gone astray. The priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink; they are overpowered by wine, they are gone astray through strong drink; they have erred in vision, they have stumbled in judgment. (Isa. 28:7)

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Isa. 56:12• ¹²Come, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant. (Isa. 56:12)

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Ezek. 44:21• ²¹Neither shall any priest drink wine when they enter into the inner court. (Ezek. 44:21)

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Eph. 5:18• ¹⁸And be not drunk with wine, in which is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit, (Eph. 5:18)

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1 Tim. 3:3• ³not given to excesses from wine, not a striker, but mild, not addicted to contention, not fond of money, (1 Tim. 3:3)

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2 Tim. 2:24‑25• ²⁴And a bondman of the Lord ought not to contend, but be gentle towards all; apt to teach; forbearing;
²⁵in meekness setting right those who oppose, if God perhaps may sometime give them repentance to acknowledgment of the truth, (2 Tim. 2:24‑25)

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2 Tim. 2• (2 Tim. 2)

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not given to filthy.

Isa. 56:10‑11• ¹⁰His watchmen are all of them blind, they are without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs that cannot bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber:
¹¹and the dogs are greedy, they know not to be satisfied, and these are shepherds that know not how to discern: they all turn to their own way, every one for his gain, even to the last of them: (Isa. 56:10‑11)

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1 Tim. 3:3,8• ³not given to excesses from wine, not a striker, but mild, not addicted to contention, not fond of money,
⁸Ministers, in like manner, grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not seeking gain by base means, (1 Tim. 3:3,8)

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1 Peter 5:2• ²shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising oversight, not by necessity, but willingly; not for base gain, but readily; (1 Peter 5:2)

• The elder is expressive of the dignity of the person derived from the respect due to age; not that the elder must needs be an aged man, but one of experience. Thus the title was derived and applied even if there was no great age, where suitability for the position existed. The bishop, or overseer, expresses rather the nature of the office, which was to take account morally of the saints, and to maintain godly order. Oversight in short was the constant duty privately and publicly. (“On Titus 1:7-9” by W. Kelly)

• he must act as God's steward, manifestly identified with the interests of His house. This would give seriousness of purpose, as it supposes moral courage with men and dependence on God and His word. (“On Titus 1:7-9” by W. Kelly)

• One can then be lowly and patient, but uncompromising. Again, he must be "not soon angry" or passionate. Scarce anything enfeebles authority more than proneness to the explosions of anger. The weight of a rebuke, however just it might be, is apt to be lost when a man is overcome with passion. Calmness gives weight and force to a needed rebuke. (“On Titus 1:7-9” by W. Kelly)

• The overseer must be no brawler. If this refers rather to spirit and words, the next goes further down; he is to be "no striker." Here there is a still less seemly violence, the one very naturally leading to the other. (“On Titus 1:7-9” by W. Kelly)

• It may perhaps occasion surprise that the absence of gross misconduct should have a place here; but the assemblies were more simple than people think, and the persons of whom they were composed had but recently come out from the most deplorable habits. (“Titus 1” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For the overseer must be free from all charge against him as God’s steward; not headstrong, not passionate, not disorderly through wine, not a striker, not seeking gain by base means;

W. Kelly Translation

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For the overseera must be blamelessb, as God’s steward; not self-willed, not passionate, not quarrelsomec, not a striker, not a seeker of base lucre;

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Or, "bishop."

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Or, "free from accusation."

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Lit., "remaining over wine."