1 Timothy 2:11-3:7
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11 Let a woman learn quietly (A)with all submissiveness. 12 (B)I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet. 13 (C)For Adam was formed first, (D)then Eve; 14 and Adam was not deceived, but (E)the woman was deceived and became a transgressor. 15 Yet she will be saved through (F)childbearing—if they continue in (G)faith and love and holiness, with self-control.
Qualifications for Overseers
3 The saying is (H)trustworthy: If anyone aspires to (I)the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. 2 Therefore (J)an overseer[a] must be above reproach, (K)the husband of one wife,[b] (L)sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, (M)hospitable, (N)able to teach, 3 not a drunkard, not violent but (O)gentle, not quarrelsome, (P)not a lover of money. 4 He must manage his own household well, with all dignity (Q)keeping his children submissive, 5 for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for (R)God's church? 6 He must not be a recent convert, or he may (S)become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil. 7 Moreover, he must be well thought of by (T)outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace, into (U)a snare of the devil.
Footnotes
- 1 Timothy 3:2 Or bishop; Greek episkopos; a similar term occurs in verse 1
- 1 Timothy 3:2 Or a man of one woman; also verse 12
Titus 1:5-9
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Qualifications for Elders
5 (A)This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and (B)appoint elders in every town as I directed you— 6 (C)if anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife,[a] and his children are believers[b] and not open to the charge of (D)debauchery or insubordination. 7 For an overseer,[c] (E)as God's steward, must be above reproach. He must not (F)be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent (G)or greedy for gain, 8 but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, (H)and disciplined. 9 He must (I)hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in (J)sound[d] doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.
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