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The [a]bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach; [b]no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money; one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

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  1. 1 Timothy 3:2 Or, overseer
  2. 1 Timothy 3:3 Or, not quarrelsome over wine