ஆகையால் கண்காணியானவன் குற்றஞ்சாட்டப்படாதவனும், ஒரே மனைவியை உடைய புருஷனும், ஜாக்கிரதையுள்ளவனும், தெளிந்த புத்தியுள்ளவனும், யோக்கியதையுள்ளவனும், அந்நியரை உபசரிக்கிறவனும், போதகசமர்த்தனுமாய் இருக்கவேண்டும்.
Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
American Standard Version (ASV)
The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
The Bishop, then, is to be a man of good name, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, serious-minded, having respect for order, opening his house freely to guests, a ready teacher;
Darby English Bible (DBY)
The overseer then must be irreproachable, husband of one wife, sober, discreet, decorous, hospitable, apt to teach;
World English Bible (WEB)
The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;
Young’s Literal Translation (YLT)
it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,
Cross Reference
Isaiah 56:10
His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
1 Timothy 4:3
Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
1 Peter 4:7
But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
1 Peter 5:8
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Hebrews 3:14
For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
Titus 2:2
That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.
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;
Luke 1:6
And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
1 Timothy 3:10
And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
Hebrews 13:2
Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
1 Timothy 5:9
Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man.
Titus 1:6
If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
1 Peter 4:9
Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
Romans 12:13
Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
2 Timothy 2:24
And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
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