(A)not overindulging in wine, not [a]a bully, but gentle, not contentious, (B)free from the love of money.

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  1. 1 Timothy 3:3 Or combative

not given to drunkenness,(A) not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome,(B) not a lover of money.(C)

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For the [a](A)overseer must be beyond reproach as (B)God’s steward, not (C)self-willed, not quick-tempered, not (D)overindulging in wine, not [b]a bully, (E)not greedy for money,

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  1. Titus 1:7 Or bishop
  2. Titus 1:7 Or combative

Since an overseer(A) manages God’s household,(B) he must be blameless—not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain.(C)

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