^2 [a](A)An overseer, then, must be above reproach, ^(B)the husband of one wife, ^[b](C)temperate, self-controlled, respectable, ^(D)hospitable, ^(E)skillful in teaching,

^2 [a](A)An overseer, then, must be above reproach, ^(B)the husband of one wife, ^[b](C)temperate, self-controlled, respectable, ^(D)hospitable, ^(E)skillful in teaching,

^9 (A)holding firmly the faithful word which is in accordance with the teaching, so that he will be able both to ^[a]exhort in ^(B)sound doctrine and to refute those who contradict it.

^9 (A)holding firmly the faithful word which is in accordance with the teaching, so that he will be able both to ^[a]exhort in ^(B)sound doctrine and to refute those who contradict it.

² The things ^(A)which you have heard from me in the presence of ^(B)many witnesses, ^(C)entrust these to ^(D)faithful ^[a]people who will be ^(E)able to teach others also.