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


In Context

1 This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer, he desires a good work.

2 The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;

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

4 one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;

5 (but if a man doesn't know how to rule his own house, how will 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 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 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;