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1 Timothy 3:2-4
Contemporary English Version
1 Timothy 3:2-4
Contemporary English Version
2 (A) That's why officials must have a good reputation and be faithful in marriage.[a] They must be self-controlled, sensible, well-behaved, friendly to strangers, and able to teach. 3 They must not be heavy drinkers or troublemakers. Instead, they must be kind and gentle and not love money.
4 Church officials must be in control of their own families, and they must see that their children are obedient and always respectful.
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- 3.2 be faithful in marriage: Or “be the husband of only one wife.”
1 Timothy 3:2-4
New International Version
1 Timothy 3:2-4
New International Version
2 Now the overseer is to be above reproach,(A) faithful to his wife,(B) temperate,(C) self-controlled, respectable, hospitable,(D) able to teach,(E) 3 not given to drunkenness,(F) not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome,(G) not a lover of money.(H) 4 He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him, and he must do so in a manner worthy of full[a] respect.(I)
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- 1 Timothy 3:4 Or him with proper
1 Timoteus 3:2-4
Bibelen på hverdagsdansk
1 Timoteus 3:2-4
Bibelen på hverdagsdansk
Ledere i menigheden(A)
3 1-2 Tro mig, at komme med i menighedens ledelse er et udmærket ønske at have, men der må stilles visse krav til en leder: Han skal have et godt ry og have vist trofasthed i sit ægteskab,[a] have selvbeherskelse, være fornuftig, anstændig, gæstfri og god til at lære fra sig.
3 Han må hverken være drikfældig eller stridslysten, men skal være venlig og fredsommelig, og han må ikke være pengegrisk. 4 Han skal være en god leder i sit eget hjem og være i stand til at opdrage sine børn til at være lydige og vise respekt.
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- 3,1-2 Ordret står der: „én kones mand”, ligesom der står „én mands kone” i 5,9. Det var et almindeligt brugt udtryk på græsk for trofasthed over for sin ægtefælle.
1 Timothy 3:2-4
King James Version
1 Timothy 3:2-4
King James Version
2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
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