3not given to excesses from wine, not a striker, but mild, not addicted to contention, not fond of money,


In Context

1 The word is faithful: if any one aspires to exercise oversight, he desires a good work.

2 The overseer then must be irreproachable, husband of one wife, sober, discreet, decorous, hospitable, apt to teach;

3 not given to excesses from wine, not a striker, but mild, not addicted to contention, not fond of money,

4 conducting his own house well, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

5 (but if one does not know how to conduct his own house, how shall he take care of the assembly of God?)

1 Timothy 3:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:3Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:3not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:3Not given to wine, no striker, but modest, not quarrelsome, not covetous, but

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:3no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:3no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:3Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre, but patient; not a brawler, not covetous;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:3not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:3not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre, but gentle, not contentious, not a lover of money,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:3Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;