Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;

Not selfwilled

Not soon

Not given to filthy

General references

Bible References

A bishop

Titus 1:5
For this cause I left you in Crete, that you might regulate things which are deficient, and appoint elders in every city, as I charged you,
Philippians 1:1
PAUL and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons.
1 Timothy 3:1
IT is a true saying, If any one desires an episcopate he desires a good work.

As

Matthew 24:45
Who then is the faithful and wise servant whom the Lord has placed over his family to give them food in due season?
Luke 12:42
And the Lord said, Who then is a faithful, a wise steward, whom the lord shall place over his family, to give them their proper food in due time?
1 Corinthians 4:1
Let a man so regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
1 Peter 4:10
as each has received a gift, minister the same among yourselves as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

Not selfwilled

2 Peter 2:10
but especially those who walk after the flesh, in corrupt desires, and despise goverment. Presumptuous, self-complacent, they fear not to revile glories,

Not soon

James 1:19
Understand, my beloved brothers, and let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;

Not given to wine

Titus 2:3
that the aged women, in like manner, be of behavior becoming holiness, not slanderers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of what is good,
Ephesians 5:18
And be not drunk with wine, in which is excess, but be filled with the spirit,
1 Timothy 3:3
not a wine-drinker, not a quarrelsome man, but gentle, not contentious, not avaricious,

Not given to filthy

1 Timothy 3:3
not a wine-drinker, not a quarrelsome man, but gentle, not contentious, not avaricious,
1 Peter 5:2
feed the flock of God which is among you, not by constraint but willingly, not for base gain but of a ready mind,

General references

1 Timothy 5:23
Drink no longer water, but use a little wine on account of your stomach and your frequent infirmities.