Good News TranslationA church leader must be without fault; he must have only one wife, be sober, self-controlled, and orderly; he must welcome strangers in his home; he must be able to teach;
New Revised Standard Version
Now a bishop must be above reproach, married only once, temperate, sensible, respectable, hospitable, an apt teacher,
Contemporary English Version
That's why officials must have a good reputation and be faithful in marriage. They must be self-controlled, sensible, well-behaved, friendly to strangers, and able to teach.
New American Bible
Therefore, a bishop must be irreproachable, married only once, temperate, self-controlled, decent, hospitable, able to teach,
Douay-Rheims Bible
It behoveth therefore a bishop to be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, prudent, of good behaviour, chaste, given to hospitality, a teacher,
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
It behoveth therefore a bishop to be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, prudent, of good behaviour, chaste, given to hospitality, a teacher,
bishop.
Titus 1:6-9 If any be without crime, the husband of one wife. having faithful children, not accused of riot or unruly. . . .
blameless.
1 Timothy 3:10 And let these also first be proved: and so let them minister, having no crime.
Luke 1:6 And they were both just before God, walking in all the commandments and justifications of the Lord without blame.
Philippians 2:15 That you may be blameless and sincere children of God, without reproof, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation: among whom you shine as lights in the world.
the husband.
1 Timothy 4:3 Forbidding to marry, to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving by the faithful and by them that have known the truth.
1 Timothy 5:9 Let a widow be chosen of no less than threescore years of age, who hath been the wife of one husband.
Hebrews 3:14 For we are made partakers of Christ: yet so, if we hold the beginning of his substance firm unto the end.
vigilant.
Isaiah 56:10 His watchmen are all blind, they are all ignorant: dumb dogs not able to bark, seeing vain things, sleeping and loving dreams.
1 Peter 4:7 But the end of all is at hand. Be prudent therefore and watch in prayers.
1 Peter 5:8 Be sober and watch: because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, goeth about seeking whom he may devour.
of good behaviour.
Romans 12:13 Communicating to the necessities of the saints. Pursuing hospitality.
Titus 1:8 But given to hospitality, gentle, sober, just, holy, continent:
Hebrews 13:2 And hospitality do not forget: for by this some, being not aware of it, have entertained angels.
1 Peter 4:9 Using hospitality one towards another, without murmuring,
apt.
2 Timothy 2:24 But the servant of the Lord must not wrangle: but be mild toward all men, apt to teach, patient,