1 Timothy 3:2
3:2 The overseer
then must be above reproach, the husband of one wife,
temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, an able teacher,
1 Timothy 3:1
Qualifications for Overseers and Deacons
3:1 This saying is trustworthy: “If someone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a good work.”
Colossians 1:8
1:8 who also told us of your love in the Spirit.
Colossians 1:22
1:22 but now he has reconciled you
by his physical body through death to present you holy, without blemish, and blameless before him –
Titus 1:6-7
1:6 An elder must be blameless,
the husband of one wife,
with faithful children
who cannot be charged with dissipation or rebellion.
1:7 For the overseer
must be blameless as one entrusted with God’s work,
not arrogant, not prone to anger, not a drunkard, not violent, not greedy for gain.