1 Timothy 3:2

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• Titus 1:6-9
  ⁶ If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly. ⁷ For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre; ⁸ But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate; ⁹ Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.⁶ An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, having children who are believers and who are not open to accusation of indiscretion or insubordination. ⁷ As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-absorbed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money. ⁸ Instead, he must be hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined. ⁹ He must hold firmly to the faithful word as it was taught, so that he can encourage others by sound teaching and refute those who contradict it.
• 2 Timothy 2:24
  And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,And a servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome, but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, and forbearing.
• Romans 12:13
  Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.Share with the saints who are in need. Practice hospitality.
• 1 Timothy 5:9
  Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,A widow should be enrolled if she is at least sixty years old, the wife of one man,
• 1 Peter 4:9
  Use hospitality one to another without grudging.Show hospitality to one another without complaining.
• 1 Timothy 3:10-11
  ¹⁰ And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless. ¹¹ Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.¹⁰ Additionally, they must first be tested. Then, if they are above reproach, let them serve as deacons. ¹¹ In the same way, the women must be dignified, not slanderers, but temperate and faithful in all things.
• 1 Peter 5:8
  Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
• Titus 2:2
  That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, and sound in faith, love, and perseverance.
• Hebrews 13:2
  Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.
• 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;so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world

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• Alcohol
• Church
• Elders
• Hospitality
• Leadership
• Polygamy
• Women in ministry