Qualifications of Overseers
1 This is a faithful saying: If a man desires the position of a1 bishop, he desires a good work.
2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach;
3 not1 given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not3 covetous;
4 one who rules his own house well, having his children in submission with all reverence
5 (for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?);
6 not a1 novice, lest being puffed up with pride he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.
7 Moreover he must have a good testimony among those who are outside, lest he fall into reproach and the asnare of the devil.
Qualifications of Deacons
8 Likewise deacons must be reverent, not double-tongued, anot given to much wine, not greedy for money,
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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Definitions of words in 1 Timothy 3:2:
A {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Able {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Behavior {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Bishop {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Bishop {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Good {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Husband {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Husband {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
One {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Wife {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Wife {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Other definition entries containing 1 Timothy 3:2:
Spiritual Gifts {I.S.B.E.}
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