1 Timothy 3:2

New King James Version

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able 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

Now there was one, Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was of a great age, and had lived with a husband seven years from her virginity;

Romans 12:13

distributing to the needs of the saints, given to hospitality.

Philippians 2:15

that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,

1 Timothy 3:12

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

1 Timothy 3:8

Likewise deacons must be reverent, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy for money,

1 Timothy 4:3

forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

1 Timothy 5:10

well reported for good works: if she has brought up children, if she has lodged strangers, if she has washed the saints’ feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, if she has diligently followed every good work.

1 Timothy 5:22

Do not lay hands on anyone hastily, nor share in other people’s sins; keep yourself pure.

1 Timothy 5:9

Do not let a widow under sixty years old be taken into the number, and not unless she has been the wife of one man,

2 Timothy 2:24

And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient,

Titus 2:2

that the older men be sober, reverent, temperate, sound in faith, in love, in patience;

Hebrews 13:2

Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels.

Hebrews 3:14

For we have become 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; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers.

1 Peter 4:9

Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.

1 Peter 5:8

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