1 Timothy 3
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1 Timothy 3:2-9

212An overseerG1985, thenG3767, mustG1163 be aboveG423 reproachG423, 3the husbandG435 of oneG1520 wifeG1135, 4temperateG3524, prudentG4998, respectableG2887, 5hospitableG5382, 6ableG1317 to teachG1317, 37not addictedG3943 to wineG3943 8orG3361 pugnaciousG4131, but gentleG1933, peaceableG269, 9freeG866 from the loveG866 of moneyG866. 4He must be one who 10managesG4291 his ownG2398 householdG3624 wellG2573, keepingG2192 his childrenG5043 underG1722 controlG5292 with allG3956 dignityG4587 5(but ifG1487 a manG5100 does not knowG3609 howG3609 to manageG4291 his ownG2398 householdG3624, howG4459 will he takeG1959 careG1959 of 11the churchG1577 of GodG2316?), 6and not a newG3504 convertG3504, soG2443G3361 that he will not become 12conceitedG5187 and fallG1706 into the 13condemnationG2917 14incurred by the devilG1228. 7And he mustG1163 15haveG2192 a goodG2570 reputationG3141 with 16thoseG3588 outsideG1855 the church, soG2443 that he will not fallG1706 into reproachG3680 and 17the snareG3803 of the devilG1228.

818DeaconsG1249 likewiseG5615 must be menG4586 of dignityG4586, not 19double-tonguedG1351, 2021orG3361 addictedG4337 to muchG4183 wineG3631 2223orG3361 fondG146 of sordidG146 gainG146, 924but holdingG2192 to the mysteryG3466 of the faithG4102 with a clearG2513 conscienceG4893.

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Timothy 3:2 Lit The ↩
  2. 2. 1 Timothy 3:2 1 Tim 3:2-4; Titus 1:6-8 ↩
  3. 3. 1 Timothy 3:2 Luke 2:36f; 1 Tim 5:9; Titus 1:6 ↩
  4. 4. 1 Timothy 3:2 1 Tim 3:8, 11; Titus 2:2 ↩
  5. 5. 1 Timothy 3:2 Rom 12:13; Titus 1:8; Heb 13:2; 1 Pet 4:9 ↩
  6. 6. 1 Timothy 3:2 2 Tim 2:24 ↩
  7. 7. 1 Timothy 3:3 Titus 1:7 ↩
  8. 8. 1 Timothy 3:3 Lit not ↩
  9. 9. 1 Timothy 3:3 1 Tim 3:8; 6:10; Titus 1:7; Heb 13:5 ↩
  10. 10. 1 Timothy 3:4 1 Tim 3:12 ↩
  11. 11. 1 Timothy 3:5 1 Cor 10:32; 1 Tim 3:15 ↩
  12. 12. 1 Timothy 3:6 1 Tim 6:4; 2 Tim 3:4 ↩
  13. 13. 1 Timothy 3:6 1 Tim 3:7 ↩
  14. 14. 1 Timothy 3:6 Lit of the devil ↩
  15. 15. 1 Timothy 3:7 2 Cor 8:21 ↩
  16. 16. 1 Timothy 3:7 Mark 4:11 ↩
  17. 17. 1 Timothy 3:7 1 Tim 6:9; 2 Tim 2:26 ↩
  18. 18. 1 Timothy 3:8 Phil 1:1; 1 Tim 3:12 ↩
  19. 19. 1 Timothy 3:8 Or given to double-talk ↩
  20. 20. 1 Timothy 3:8 Lit not ↩
  21. 21. 1 Timothy 3:8 1 Tim 5:23; Titus 2:3 ↩
  22. 22. 1 Timothy 3:8 Lit not ↩
  23. 23. 1 Timothy 3:8 1 Tim 3:3; Titus 1:7; 1 Pet 5:2 ↩
  24. 24. 1 Timothy 3:9 1 Tim 1:5, 19 ↩

Commentaries on 1 Timothy 3

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