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1 Timothy 3:2-4
English Standard Version
1 Timothy 3:2-4
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, 3 not a drunkard, not violent but (F)gentle, not quarrelsome, (G)not a lover of money. 4 He must manage his own household well, with all dignity (H)keeping his children submissive,
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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
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The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. ESV Text Edition: 2025.
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