² Now a bishop^[a] must be above reproach, married only once,^[b] temperate, sensible, respectable, hospitable, an apt teacher,

⁷ for God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline.

⁸ but he must be hospitable, a lover of goodness, prudent, upright, devout, and self-controlled.