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1 Timothy 3:2
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1 Timothy 3:2
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2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
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1 Timothy 3:2
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1 Timothy 3:2
New King James Version
2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach;
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1 Timothy 3:2
English Standard Version
1 Timothy 3:2
English Standard Version
2 Therefore (A)an overseer[a] must be above reproach, (B)the husband of one wife,[b] (C)sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, (D)hospitable, (E)able to teach,
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- 1 Timothy 3:2 Or bishop; Greek episkopos; a similar term occurs in verse 1
- 1 Timothy 3:2 Or a man of one woman; also verse 12
1 Timothy 3:3
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1 Timothy 3:3
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1 Timothy 3:3
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1 Timothy 3:3
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3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
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1 Timothy 3:3
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1 Timothy 3:3
New King James Version
3 not [a]given to wine, not violent, [b]not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not [c]covetous;
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- 1 Timothy 3:3 addicted
- 1 Timothy 3:3 NU omits not greedy for money
- 1 Timothy 3:3 loving money
1 Timothy 3:3
English Standard Version
1 Timothy 3:3
English Standard Version
3 not a drunkard, not violent but (A)gentle, not quarrelsome, (B)not a lover of money.
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