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1 Timothy 3:1-3 KJV
1 Timothy · chapter 3 · verses 1–3 · King James Version
1This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. 2A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; 3Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;1 Timothy 3:1-3 · King James Version
1 Timothy 3:1-3 in context
1This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
2A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
3Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
4One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
5(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
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Key words (Strong's)
- hospitalityphiloxenoshospitable, generous to guestsG5382 →
- desirethepithymeōto turn upon a thing, to have a desire for, long for, to desire, to lust after, covet, of…G1937 →
- vigilantnēphaliossober, temperate, abstaining from wine, either entirely or at least from its immoderate…G3524 →
- covetousaphilargyrosnot loving money, not avariciousG866 →
- husbandanērwith reference to sex, of a male, of a husband, of a betrothed or future husband, with…G435 →
- strikerplēktēsbruiser, ready for a blow, a pugnacious, contentious, quarrelsome personG4131 →
- patientepieikēsseeming, suitable, equitable, fair, mild, gentleG1933 →
- brawleramachosnot to be withstood, invincible, not contentious, abstaining from fightingG269 →
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The two epistles to Timothy, and that to Titus, contain a scripture-plan of church-government, or a direction to ministers. Timothy, we suppose, was an evangelist who was left at Ephesus, to take care of those whom the Holy Ghost had made bishops there, that is, the presbyters, as appears by Act 20:28, where the care…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7