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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,  
9 holding the1 mystery of the faith with a pure conscience.  
Commentaries:
Forerunner Commentary
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What Does 1 Timothy 3:2 Mean?

A spiritually immature person placed in an office of authority will follow the same course that Satan took, becoming prideful and attempting to grasp beyond his position.






1 Timothy 3:2-7

Self-will is insisting stubbornly and arrogantly on one's way, as opposed to following the will of God. Paul states that a minister of God must not allow himself to be self-willed but must be led by and do God's will. What kind of minister would a person with false pride and stubbornness make?

Martin G. Collins
Overcoming (Part 4): Self-Will




Other Forerunner Commentary entries containing 1 Timothy 3:2:

Matthew 8:14
Mark 1:30
Luke 4:38
Hebrews 13:17
1 John 2:27


 
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