1 Timothy 3:2

American King James Version (1999)

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

Cross References

Isaiah 56:10

His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.

Luke 1:6

And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

Luke 2:36

And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;

Romans 12:13

Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.

Philippians 2:15

That you may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the middle of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom you shine as lights in the world;

1 Timothy 3:12

Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

1 Timothy 3:8

Likewise must the deacons be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

1 Timothy 4:3

Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God has created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.

1 Timothy 5:10

Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.

1 Timothy 5:22

Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep yourself pure.

1 Timothy 5:9

Let not a widow be taken into the number under three score years old, having been the wife of one man.

2 Timothy 2:24

And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle to all men, apt to teach, patient,

Titus 2:2

That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.

Hebrews 13:2

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

Hebrews 3:14

For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end;

1 Peter 4:7

But the end of all things is at hand: be you therefore sober, and watch to prayer.

1 Peter 4:9

Use hospitality one to another without grudging.

1 Peter 5:8

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour: