1 Timothy 3
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1 Timothy 3:1-7

11It is a trustworthy statement: if any man aspires to the 2office of 3overseer, it is a fine work he desires to do. 245An overseer, then, must be above reproach, 6the husband of one wife, 78temperate, self-controlled, respectable, 9hospitable, 10skillful in teaching, 311not overindulging in wine, not 12a bully, but gentle, not contentious, 13free from the love of money. 4He must be one who 14manages his own household well, keeping his children under control with all dignity 5(but if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of 15the church of God?), 6and not a new convert, so that he will not become 16conceited and fall into 17condemnation 18incurred by the devil. 7And he must 19have a good reputation with 20those outside the church, so that he will not fall into 21disgrace and 22the snare of the devil.

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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 Or level-headed ↩
  8. 8. 1 Timothy 3:2 1 Tim 3:8, 11; Titus 2:2 ↩
  9. 9. 1 Timothy 3:2 Rom 12:13; Titus 1:8; Heb 13:2; 1 Pet 4:9 ↩
  10. 10. 1 Timothy 3:2 2 Tim 2:24 ↩
  11. 11. 1 Timothy 3:3 Titus 1:7 ↩
  12. 12. 1 Timothy 3:3 Or combative ↩
  13. 13. 1 Timothy 3:3 1 Tim 3:8; 6:10; Titus 1:7; Heb 13:5 ↩
  14. 14. 1 Timothy 3:4 1 Tim 3:12 ↩
  15. 15. 1 Timothy 3:5 1 Cor 10:32; 1 Tim 3:15 ↩
  16. 16. 1 Timothy 3:6 1 Tim 6:4; 2 Tim 3:4 ↩
  17. 17. 1 Timothy 3:6 1 Tim 3:7 ↩
  18. 18. 1 Timothy 3:6 Lit of the devil ↩
  19. 19. 1 Timothy 3:7 2 Cor 8:21 ↩
  20. 20. 1 Timothy 3:7 Mark 4:11 ↩
  21. 21. 1 Timothy 3:7 Or reproach ↩
  22. 22. 1 Timothy 3:7 1 Tim 6:9; 2 Tim 2:26 ↩

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