1 Timothy 3
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New American Standard Bible 1995

1 Timothy 3:1-3

11It is a trustworthyG4103 statementG3056: ifG1487 anyG5100 manG5100 aspiresG3713 to the 2officeG1984 of 3overseerG1984, it is a fineG2570 workG2041 he desiresG1937 to do.

245An overseerG1985, thenG3767, mustG1163 be aboveG423 reproachG423, 6the husbandG435 of oneG1520 wifeG1135, 7temperateG3524, prudentG4998, respectableG2887, 8hospitableG5382, 9ableG1317 to teachG1317,

310not addictedG3943 to wineG3943 11orG3361 pugnaciousG4131, but gentleG1933, peaceableG269, 12freeG866 from the loveG866 of moneyG866.

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Timothy 3:1 1 Tim 1:15 ↩
  2. 2. 1 Timothy 3:1 Acts 20:28; Phil 1:1 ↩
  3. 3. 1 Timothy 3:1 Or bishop ↩
  4. 4. 1 Timothy 3:2 Lit The ↩
  5. 5. 1 Timothy 3:2 1 Tim 3:2-4; Titus 1:6-8 ↩
  6. 6. 1 Timothy 3:2 Luke 2:36f; 1 Tim 5:9; Titus 1:6 ↩
  7. 7. 1 Timothy 3:2 1 Tim 3:8, 11; Titus 2:2 ↩
  8. 8. 1 Timothy 3:2 Rom 12:13; Titus 1:8; Heb 13:2; 1 Pet 4:9 ↩
  9. 9. 1 Timothy 3:2 2 Tim 2:24 ↩
  10. 10. 1 Timothy 3:3 Titus 1:7 ↩
  11. 11. 1 Timothy 3:3 Lit not ↩
  12. 12. 1 Timothy 3:3 1 Tim 3:8; 6:10; Titus 1:7; Heb 13:5 ↩

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