1 Timothy 3:1-3

Tree of Life Version

Qualifications for Oversight and Service

3 Trustworthy is the saying: “If any man aspires to the office of overseer,^[a] he desires a good work.” ² An overseer, then, must be beyond criticism—the husband of one wife, clear-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, ³ not addicted to wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, free from the love of money,