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


In Context

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?)

1st 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:3not given to excesses from wine, not a striker, but mild, not addicted to contention, not fond 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;