Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
Bishop
Blameless
The husband
Vigilant
Apt
General references
Bible References
Bishop
Titus 1:6
If anyone is unaccusable, a husband of, one wife, having children that believe, who are not charged with riotous excess, nor insubordinate;
Blameless
1 Timothy 3:10
But let, these also, be proved first, then, let them be ministering, being, unaccusable:
Luke 1:6
Now they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and righteous appointments of the Lord, blameless;
Philippians 2:15
In order that ye may become faultless and inviolate, children of God, blameless amidst a crooked and perverted generation, amongst whom ye appear as luminaries in the world,
The husband
1 Timothy 4:3
Forbidding to marry, commanding to abstain from foods which, God, created to be received with thanksgiving by them who believe and personally know the truth;
1 Timothy 5:9
Let, a widow, be put on the list - having become, not less than sixty years old, one man's, wife,
Hebrews 3:14
For, partners of the Christ, have we become, - if, at least, the beginning of the confidence, throughout, firm, we hold fast:
Vigilant
Isaiah 56:10
His watchmen, are blind None of them, know, All of them, are dumb dogs, they cannot bark, - Dreaming, sleeping, loving to slumber.
1 Peter 4:7
But, the end of all things, hath drawn near: - be of sound mind, therefore, and be sober for prayers;
1 Peter 5:8
Be sober! be watchful! Your slanderous adversary, as a roaring lion, is walking about - seeking to devour:
Given
Romans 12:13
With the needs of the saints, having fellowship, - hospitality, pursuing.
Titus 1:8
But hospitable, a lover of what is good, sober-minded, just, kind, possessing self-control,
Hebrews 13:2
Of the entertaining of strangers, be not forgetful, for, hereby, unawares, have some entertained, messengers.
1 Peter 4:9
Showing hospitality one to another without murmuring, -
Apt
2 Timothy 2:24
And, a servant of the Lord, ought not to strive, but to be, gentle, towards all, apt in teaching, ready to endure malice, -
General references
1 Timothy 3:12
Let, ministers, be husbands of, one wife, over children, presiding, well, and over their own houses;