Titus 1:7
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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;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.
In other translations
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;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.
Greek words
δεῖdeiIt behoovesG1163γὰρgarforG1063τὸνtontheG3588ἐπίσκοπονepiskoponoverseerG1985ἀνέγκλητονanegklētonblamelessG410εἶναιeinaito beG1511ὡςhōsasG5613θεοῦtheouGod’sG2316οἰκονόμον,oikonomonsteward,G3623μὴmēnotG3361αὐθάδη,authadēself-willed,G829μὴmēnotG3361ὀργίλον,orgilonquick tempered,G3711μὴmēnotG3361πάροινον,paroinongiven to wine,G3943μὴmēnotG3361πλήκτην,plēktēna striker,G4131μὴmēnotG3361αἰσχροκερδῆ,aischrokerdēgreedy of base gain,G146
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