11Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
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The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-13)We have here the character of deacons: these had the care of the temporal concerns of the church, that is, the maintenance of the ministers and provision for the poor: they served tables, while the ministers or bishops gave themselves only to the ministry of the word and prayer, Acts 6:2 , 4 . Of the institution of this office, with that which gave occasion to it, you have an account in Acts 6:1-7…
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