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1 Timothy 3:2 — King James Version← Study notes

“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 — Greek Interlinear

Greek · 1 Timothy 3:214 words
GreekMeaning
δεῖdei
It behoovesverbG1210
οὖνoun
thereforewordG3767
τὸνton
thearticleG3588
ἐπίσκοπονepiskopon
overseernounG1985
ἀνεπίλημπτονanepilēmpton
above reproachadjectiveG423
εἶναιeinai
to beverbG1510
μιᾶςmias
of oneadjectiveG1519
γυναικὸςgynaikos
wifenounG1135
ἄνδραandra
the husbandnounG435
νηφάλιονnēphalion
soberadjectiveG3524
σώφροναsōphrona
self-controlledadjectiveG4998
κόσμιονkosmion
respectableadjectiveG2887
φιλόξενονphiloxenon
hospitableadjectiveG5382
διδακτικόνdidaktikon
able to teachadjectiveG1317
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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Omar HassanNote2mo ago
Leadership Requires Accountability in Ordinary Things
I sat through decades of sermons where pastors preached about sacrificial love while behaving abusively toward their families. This verse about leaders being above reproach, hospitable, sober—these ar...
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