1 Timothy 3:2

Weymouth NT

A minister then must be a man of irreproachable character, true to his one wife, temperate, sober-minded, well-behaved, hospitable to strangers, and with a gift for teaching;

Cross References

Luke 1:6

They were both of them upright before God, blamelessly obeying all the Lord's precepts and ordinances.

Luke 2:36

and a sword will pierce through your own soul also; that the reasonings in many hearts may be revealed.«

Romans 12:13

Relieve the necessities of God's people; always practise hospitality.

Philippians 2:15

so that you may always prove yourselves to be blameless and spotless–irreproachable children of God in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as heavenly lights in the world,

1 Timothy 3:12

A deacon must be true to his one wife, and rule his children and his own household wisely and well.

1 Timothy 3:8

Deacons, in the same way, must be men of serious demeanour, not double-tongued, nor addicted to much wine, nor greedy of base gain,

1 Timothy 4:3

forbidding people to marry, and insisting on abstinence from foods which God has created to be partaken of, with thankfulness, by those who believe and have a clear knowledge of the truth.

1 Timothy 5:10

She must have been true to her one husband, and well reported of for good deeds, as having brought up children, received strangers hospitably, washed the feet of God's people, given relief to the distressed, and devoted herself to good works of every kind.

1 Timothy 5:22

Do not ordain any one hastily; and do not be a partaker in the sins of others; keep yourself pure.

1 Timothy 5:9

No widow is to be put on the roll who is under sixty years of age.

2 Timothy 2:24

and a bondservant of the Lord must not quarrel, but must be inoffensive towards all men, a skilful teacher, and patient under wrongs.

Titus 2:2

Exhort aged men to be temperate, grave, sober-minded, robust in their faith, their love and their patience.

Hebrews 13:2

Do not neglect to show kindness to strangers; for, in this way, some, without knowing it, have had angels as their guests.

Hebrews 3:14

For we have, all alike, become sharers with Christ, if we really hold our first confidence firm to the End;

1 Peter 4:7

But the end of all things is now close at hand: therefore be sober-minded and temperate, so that you may give yourselves to prayer.

1 Peter 4:9

Extend ungrudging hospitality towards one another.

1 Peter 5:8

Curb every passion, and be on the alert. Your great accuser, the Devil, is going about like a roaring lion to see whom he can devour.