Qualifications of Church Leaders

This saying is trustworthy:[a](A) “If anyone aspires to be an overseer,(B) he desires a noble work.” An overseer,(C) therefore, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, sensible,(D) respectable, hospitable,(E) an able teacher,[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 3:1 “This saying is trustworthy” could refer to 1Tm 2:15.
  2. 1 Timothy 3:2 Or hospitable, skillful in teaching

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