1 tn “And” is supplied here as a matter of English style, which normally inserts “and” between the last two elements of a list or series.
2 tn Or “sensible.”
3 sn Temperate…in endurance. See the same cluster of virtues in 1 Thess 1:3 and 1 Cor 13:13.
4 tn Or “sensible.”
5 sn Temperate…in endurance. See the same cluster of virtues in 1 Thess 1:3 and 1 Cor 13:13.
6 tn Grk “if anyone is blameless…” as a continuation of v. 5b, beginning to describe the elder’s character.
7 tn Or “married only once,” “devoted solely to his wife.” See the note on “wife” in 1 Tim 3:2; also 1 Tim 3:12; 5:9.
8 tn Or “believing children.” The phrase could be translated “believing children,” but the parallel with 1 Tim 3:4 (“keeping his children in control”) argues for the sense given in the translation.