1 Timothy 3:2
So an overseer must be someone no one can fairly criticize: faithful to his one wife, clear-headed, self-controlled, respected, welcoming to guests, able to teach,
Treated in 9 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 4, Chapter 4 — Of the State of the Primitive Church, and the Mode of Government in Use Before the Papacy cites 1 Tim. 3:2
…but that it may enable him to use the hospitality which Paul requires in that order (1 Tim. 3:2). This is the interpretation of Gelasius and Gregory. For the only reason which Gelasius…
- Men Who Tended the Flock ·
George Herbert — The Country Parson Who Made the Ordinary Holy cites 1 Timothy 3:2–3
…self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not given to drunkenness” (1 Timothy 3:2–3, NIV). These were not abstract virtues for Herbert but practical habits of daily life —…
- Men Who Tended the Flock ·
Scripture Appendix: God’s Word on the Pastoral Calling cites 1 Timothy 3:2–3
…we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well.” 1 Timothy 3:2–3 — “An overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled…
- Rise Up, Men of God ·
The Inner Man cites 1 Timothy 3:2–3
…not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money" (1 Timothy 3:2–3). Notice: able to teach appears only once in this long list. The rest is character. If…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 4, Chapter 5 — The Ancient Form of Government Utterly Corrupted by the Tyranny of the Papacy cites 1 Tim. 3:2
…the word of God—viz. that a bishop must be blameless, apt to teach, not a brawler, &c. (1 Tim. 3:2). Why, then, was the province of electing transferred from the people to these men? Just…
- George Müller of Bristol ·
Appendix M: Church Conduct cites 1 Tim. iii. 2-7
…the Spirit, 1 Tim. iii. 1, confirmed by the possession of the requisite qualifications, 1 Tim. iii. 2-7; Tit. i. 6-9, and by the Lord's blessing resting upon their labours, 1 Cor. ix. 2. In 1…
- Lectures to My Students ·
The Call to the Ministry cites 1 Tim. iii. 2-7
…be their father and counsellor. Read carefully the qualifications of a bishop, given in 1 Tim. iii. 2-7, and in Titus i. 6-9. If such gifts and graces be not in you and abound, it may be…
- Soar Like The Eagle ·
Being Released cites 1 Timothy 3: 1-7
…recognize and support these.)} Biblical Qualifications: These are to be mostly found in 1 Timothy 3: 1-7 and Titus 1: 5-9. We would recognize that: It is good for a man to desire such an office.…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
The Church and the Body of Christ cites 1 Timothy 3:1-7
…gentle, not contentious, not a lover of money, able to teach, and respected (1 Timothy 3:1-7). Nee's ecclesiology emphasized appointment and spiritual maturity. Modern churches…