2A 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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And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly. …
Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,
And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)The two epistles to Timothy, and that to Titus, contain a scripture-plan of church-government, or a direction to ministers. Timothy, we suppose, was an evangelist who was left at Ephesus, to take care of those whom the Holy Ghost had made bishops there, that is, the presbyters, as appears by Acts 20:28; where the care of the church was committed to the presbyters, and they were called bishops. It…
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