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1Ti 3:2 — A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

bishop		Tts 1:6-9
blameless		1Ti 3:10; Luk 1:6; Phl 2:15
the husband		1Ti 4:3; 1Ti 5:9; Hbr 3:14
vigilant		Isa 56:10; 1Pe 4:7; 1Pe 5:8
of good behaviour		or, modest
given		Rom 12:13; Tts 1:8; Hbr 13:2; 1Pe 4:9
apt		2Ti 2:24

Correlating Passages

bishop

	Tts 1:6	If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
	Tts 1:7	For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
	Tts 1:8	But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
	Tts 1:9	Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.

blameless

	1Ti 3:10	And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being [found] blameless.
	Luk 1:6	And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
	Phl 2:15	That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;

the husband

	1Ti 4:3	Forbidding to marry, [and commanding] to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
	1Ti 5:9	Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,
	Hbr 3:14	For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;

vigilant

	Isa 56:10	His watchmen [are] blind: they are all ignorant, they [are] all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
	1Pe 4:7	But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
	1Pe 5:8	Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

given

	Rom 12:13	Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
	Tts 1:8	But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
	Hbr 13:2	Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
	1Pe 4:9	Use hospitality one to another without grudging.

apt

2Ti 2:24

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

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Scott, Thomas. "1 Timothy 3:2," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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