3no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;
3no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;
1 Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
2 The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
3 no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;
4 one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
5 (but if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
3:3Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
3:3not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.
3:3Not given to wine, no striker, but modest, not quarrelsome, not covetous, but
3:3not given to excesses from wine, not a striker, but mild, not addicted to contention, not fond of money,
3:3no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;
3:3Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre, but patient; not a brawler, not covetous;
3:3not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;
3:3not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre, but gentle, not contentious, not a lover of money,
3:3Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;