1 Timothy 3:2
The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
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- Titus 1:6–8 if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children that believe, who are not accused of riot or unruly. For the bishop must be blameless, as God’s steward; not self-willed, not soon angry, no brawler, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled;
- 2 Timothy 2:24 And the Lord’s servant must not strive, but be gentle towards all, apt to teach, forbearing,
- Romans 12:13 communicating to the necessities of the saints; given to hospitality.