Qualifications of Overseers
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1 Timothy 3:3
No brawler (mh paroinon). Later word for the earlier paroiniov, one who sits long at (beside, para) his wine. In N.T. only here and Titus 1:3.
No striker (mh plhkthn). Late word from plhssw, to strike. In N.T. only here and Titus 1:3.
Gentle (epieikh). See on Philippians 4:5 for this interesting word.
Not contentious (amaxon). Old word (from a privative and maxh), not a fighter. In N.T. only here and Titus 3:2.
No lover of money (afilarguron). Late word (a privative and compound fil-argurov) in inscriptions and papyri (Nageli; also Deissmann, Light, etc., pp. 85f.). In N.T. only here and Hebrews 13:5.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 1 Timothy 3:3:
Acts 14:23
1 Corinthians 5:11
Philippians 4:5
1 Timothy 3:8
1 Timothy 4:6
Titus 1:7
Titus 1:11
Titus 3:2
Hebrews 13:5
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