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
each elder must be above reproach, have only one wife, and his children must not be liable to the charge of profligacy or disobedience.
Blameless
1 Timothy 3:10
They, too, should first be tested till approved, and then, if they are found above reproach, they should serve as deacons.
Luke 1:6
Now they were both upright in the sight of God, walking without reproach in all the Lord's commands and requirements.
Philippians 2:15
so that you may prove to be blameless and spotless, faultless children of God in a crooked and perverted age, in which you shine as light-bearers in the world as you continue
The husband
1 Timothy 4:3
who forbid people to marry and teach them to abstain from certain sorts of food which God created for the grateful enjoyment of those who have faith and a clear knowledge of the truth.
1 Timothy 5:9
No widow under sixty years of age should be put on this roll. A widow must have had but one husband,
Hebrews 3:14
For we have become real sharers in Christ, if we keep firm to the end the faith we had at first,
Vigilant
1 Peter 4:7
But the end of everything on earth is near. So be serious and sober minded, that you may give yourselves to prayer.
1 Peter 5:8
Be calm and alert. Your opponent the devil is always prowling about like a roaring lion, trying to devour you.
Given
Romans 12:13
always supplying the needs of God's people, ever practicing hospitality.
Titus 1:8
but hospitable, a lover of goodness, sensible, upright, of pure life, self-controlled,
Hebrews 13:2
Do not remain neglectful of hospitality to strangers, for by it some have entertained angels without knowing it.
1 Peter 4:9
Be ungrudgingly hospitable to one another.
Apt
2 Timothy 2:24
and a slave of the Lord must not quarrel but must be gentle to everybody; he must be a skillful teacher, and not resentful under injuries.
General references
1 Timothy 3:12
A deacon too must have only one wife, and manage his children and household well.