3not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.
3not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.
1 Here is a trustworthy saying: If anyone sets his heart on being an overseer, he desires a noble task.
2 Now the overseer must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
3 not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.
4 He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him with proper respect.
5 (If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God's church?)
3:3Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
3:3Not given to wine, no striker, but modest, not quarrelsome, not covetous, but
3:3no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;
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;