1 Timothy 3:2
"A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;"
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- Titus 1:6
"If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly."
Read in chapter → - 2 Timothy 2:24
"And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,"
Read in chapter → - Romans 12:13
"Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality."
Read in chapter → - 1 Timothy 5:9
"Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,"
Read in chapter → - 1 Peter 4:9
"Use hospitality one to another without grudging."
Read in chapter → - 1 Timothy 3:10
"And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless."
Read in chapter → - 1 Peter 5:8
"Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:"
Read in chapter → - Titus 2:2
"That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience."
Read in chapter → - 1 Peter 4:7
"But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer."
Read in chapter → - Philippians 2:15
"That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;"
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