Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil,
if anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination. For an overseer, as God's steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain, but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined. He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.
Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality.
Let a widow be enrolled if she is not less than sixty years of age, having been the wife of one husband,
Show hospitality to one another without grumbling.
And let them also be tested first; then let them serve as deacons if they prove themselves blameless. Their wives likewise must be dignified, not slanderers, but sober-minded, faithful in all things.
Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness.
that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,
The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers.
For we have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end.
who forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
And they were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord.
His watchmen are blind; they are all without knowledge; they are all silent dogs; they cannot bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
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