1 Timothy 3:2
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
KJV
δεῖ οὖν τὸν ἐπίσκοπον ἀνεπίλημπτον εἶναι, μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἄνδρα, νηφάλιον, σώφρονα, κόσμιον, φιλόξενον, διδακτικόν,
Greek NT
Oportet ergo episcopum irreprehensibilem esse, unius uxoris virum, sobrium, prudentem, ornatum, pudicum, hospitalem, doctorem,
Vulgate
The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
ASV
It behoveth therefore a bishop to be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, prudent, of good behaviour, chaste, given to hospitality, a teacher,
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γυνή
gune
noun · 219×
δεῖ
dei
verb · 103×
διδακτικός
didaktikos
adjective · 2×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εἷς
eis
adjective · 336×
κόσμιος
kosmios
adjective · 2×
νηφάλεος
nephaleos
adjective · 3×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
σώφρων
sophron
adjective · 4×
φιλόξενος
philoxenos
adjective · 3×
ἀνήρ
aner
noun · 216×
ἀνεπίληπτος
anepileptos
adjective · 3×
ἐπίσκοπος
episkopos
noun · 5×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
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8 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
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The Table of Duties consists of certain passages of Scripture for various holy orders and positions, admonishing them about their duties and responsibilities. For Bishops, Pastors, and Preachers: A bishop must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; …
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1. That Paul preached to the Gentiles and laid the foundations of the churches from Jerusalem round about even unto Illyricum, is evident both from his own words, Romans 15:19 and from the account which Luke has given in the Acts. 2. And in how many provinces Peter preached Christ and taught the doctrine of the new covenant to those of the circumcision is clear from his own wor…
The Historic Episcopate, locally adapted in the methods of its administration to the varying needs of the nations and peoples called of God into the unity of His Church.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 9:5 — Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
- 1Pet 4:7 — But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
- 1Pet 4:9 — Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
- 1Pet 4:9 — Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
- 1Pet 5:8 — Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
- 1Pet 5:8 — Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
- 1Tim 3:1 — This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
- 1Tim 3:10 — And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
- 1Tim 3:11 — Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
- 1Tim 3:12 — Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
- 1Tim 3:15 — But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
- 1Tim 4:3 — Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
- 1Tim 5:9 — Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,
- 1Tim 5:9 — Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,
- 2Tim 2:2 — And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
- 2Tim 2:24 — And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
- 2Tim 2:24 — And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
- Acts 20:28 — Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
- Col 1:28 — Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
- Ezek 44:22 — Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.
- Ezra 7:10 — For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.
- Heb 3:14 — For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
- Heb 13:2 — Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
- Heb 13:2 — Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
- Heb 13:4 — Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
- Lev 21:18 — For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous,
- Luke 1:6 — And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
- Phil 2:15 — That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
- Phil 2:15 — That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
- Rom 12:7 — Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching;
- Rom 12:13 — Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
- Rom 12:13 — Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
- Titus 1:6 — If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
- Titus 1:6 — If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
- Titus 1:8 — But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
- Titus 2:2 — That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.
- Titus 2:2 — That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.