Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, American Standard Version The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach; Berean Study Bible An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, Douay-Rheims Bible It behoveth therefore a bishop to be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, prudent, of good behaviour, chaste, given to hospitality, a teacher, English Revised Version The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, soberminded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach; King James Bible A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; World English Bible The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching; Young's Literal Translation it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach, 1 Timothy 3:2 Additional Translations ... Links 1 Timothy 3:2 NIV1 Timothy 3:2 NLT 1 Timothy 3:2 ESV 1 Timothy 3:2 NASB 1 Timothy 3:2 NKJV 1 Timothy 3:2 KJV |