“A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;”
Now an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach — the qualifications establish a portrait of mature masculinity: beyond reproach (anepilēmptos), monogamously committed (mias gynaikos anēr), temperate (nēphalios), prudent (sōphrōn), decorous (kosmios), philanthropic (philoxenos), and capable of didaskalia (teaching). These traits mark a man shaped by grace.
Church Fathers on 1 Timothy 3:2
As now proceeding to discourse of the Episcopal office, he sets out with showing what sort of a person a Bishop ought to be. And here he does not do it as in the course of his exhortation to Timothy, but addresses all, and instructs others through him. And what says he? “If a man desire the office of a Bishop,” I do not blame him, for it is a work of protection. If any one has this desire, so that he does not covet the dominion and authority, but wishes to protect the Church,…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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