This is a true saying, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
–1 Timothy 3:1-7 (KJV)–
Shout it aloud, do not hold back.
Raise your voice like a trumpet.
Declare to my people their rebellion
and to the descendants of Jacob their sins.
–Isaiah 58:1 (NIV)–
Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it,
because its wickedness has come up before me.
–Jonah 1:2 (NIV)–
Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it;
for their wickedness is come up before me.
–Jonah 1:2 (KJV)–
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Matthew Henry Commentary on 1 Timothy 3:1-7.
Richard Baxter, The Reformed Pastor (Banner of Truth, 1974).
