1 Timothy 3:3

1 Timothy 3:3

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.

10 But let these also first be tested; then let them serve as deacons, being found blameless.

11 Likewise, their wives must be reverent, not¹ slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

12 Let deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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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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