[a](A)An overseer, then, must be above reproach, (B)the husband of one wife, (C)temperate, prudent, respectable, (D)hospitable, (E)able to teach, (F)not addicted to wine [b]or pugnacious, but gentle, peaceable, (G)free from the love of money. He must be one who (H)manages his own household well, keeping his children under control with all dignity

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  1. 1 Timothy 3:2 Lit The
  2. 1 Timothy 3:3 Lit not

Now the overseer is to be above reproach,(A) faithful to his wife,(B) temperate,(C) self-controlled, respectable, hospitable,(D) able to teach,(E) not given to drunkenness,(F) not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome,(G) not a lover of money.(H) He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him, and he must do so in a manner worthy of full[a] respect.(I)

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  1. 1 Timothy 3:4 Or him with proper