Verse (Click for Chapter) GOD'S WORD® Translation A bishop must have a good reputation. He must have only one wife, be sober, use good judgment, be respectable, be hospitable, and be 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 |