“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.
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