New Testament · SCRIPTURE
1 Timothy 3:3
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not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money.
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Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
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not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;
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not given to wine, not a striker but gentle, not quarrelsome, not loving money,
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
1 Timothy 3
1 This is a trustworthy saying: If anyone aspires to be an overseer, he desires a noble task.
2 An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
3 not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money.
4 An overseer must manage his own household well and keep his children under control, with complete dignity.
5 For if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for the church of God?
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