1 Timothy 3:2:
Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
(NIV)
Now a bishop (superintendent, overseer) must give no grounds for accusation but must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, circumspect and temperate and self-controlled; [he must be] sensible and well behaved and dignified and lead an orderly (disciplined) life; [he must be] hospitable [showing love for and being a friend to the believers, especially strangers or foreigners, and be] a capable and qualified teacher
(AMP)
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
(KJV)
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I don't know why somebody would spend their money to do that, ... The banking superintendent would be annoyed if it was me and it is not me. I did not place that ad.
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1 Timothy 3:1:
Here is a trustworthy saying: Whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble task.
(NIV)
THE SAYING is true and irrefutable: If any man [eagerly] seeks the office of bishop (superintendent, overseer), he desires an excellent task (work).
(AMP)
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
(KJV)
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