1 Timothy 3:2 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;”
1 Timothy 3:2 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Timothy 3:2 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Timothy 3:2 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;”
1 Timothy 3:2 — World English Bible
1 Timothy 3:2 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach; ”
1 Timothy 3:2 — American Standard Version
1 Timothy 3:2 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,”
1 Timothy 3:2 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Timothy 3:2 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“The overseer then must be irreproachable, husband of one wife, sober, discreet, decorous, hospitable, apt to teach; ”
1 Timothy 3:2 — Darby Translation
1 Timothy 3:2 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“A Bishop therefore must be vnreproueable, the husband of one wife, watching, temperate, modest, harberous, apt to teache,”
1 Timothy 3:2 — Geneva Bible
1 Timothy 3:2 in Context — 1 Timothy 3
1 This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
What Does 1 Timothy 3:2 Mean?
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