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# The Qualifications of Elders
- URL: https://www.spiritualperspectives.org/the-qualifications-of-elders-2012-12-23/
- Published: 2012-12-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2012-12-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Author: Gary W. Summers
- Tags: Articles, #Import 2026-07-23 22:02

| King James Version                                        | New King James                                       | Verse(s) |
| --------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- | -------- |
| 1\. Desiring the office of a bishop                       | Desiring the position of a bishop                    | 3:1      |
| 2\. Blameless                                             | Blameless                                            | 3:2      |
| 3\. Husband of one wife                                   | Husband of one wife                                  | 3:2; 1:6 |
| 4\. Vigilant                                              | Temperate                                            | 3:2      |
| 5\. Sober                                                 | Sober-minded                                         | 3:2; 1:8 |
| 6\. Of good behavior                                      | Of good behavior                                     | 3:2      |
| 7\. Hospitable                                            | Hospitable                                           | 3:2; 1:8 |
| 8\. Apt to teach                                          | Able to teach                                        | 3:2      |
| 9\. Not given to wine                                     | Not given to wine                                    | 3:3; 1:7 |
| 10\. No striker                                           | Not violent                                          | 3:3; 1:7 |
| 11\. Not greedy of filthy lucre                           | Not greedy for money                                 | 3:3; 1:7 |
| 12\. Patient                                              | Gentle                                               | 3:3      |
| 13\. Not quarrelsome                                      | Not quarrelsome                                      | 3:3      |
| 14\. Not covetous                                         | Not covetous                                         | 3:3      |
| 15\. Ruleth his own house well                            | Rules his own house well                             | 3:4      |
| 16\. His children in subjection, Having faithful children | His children in submission, Having faithful children | 3:4; 1:6 |
| 17\. Not a novice                                         | Not a novice                                         | 3:6      |
| 18\. Have a good report                                   | Have a good testimony                                | 3:6      |
| 19\. Blameless (not the same as #1)                       | Blameless                                            | 1:7      |
| 20\. Not self-willed                                      | Not self-willed                                      | 1:7      |
| 21\. Not soon angry                                       | Not quick-tempered                                   | 1:7      |
| 22\. Lover of good men                                    | Lover of what is good                                | 1:8      |
| 23\. Just                                                 | Just                                                 | 1:8      |
| 24\. Holy                                                 | Holy                                                 | 1:8      |
| 25\. Temperate                                            | Self-controlled                                      | 1:8      |
| 26\. Holding fast the faithful word                       | Holding fast the faithful word                       | 1:9      |

\[Those beginning with chapter 3 are from 1 Timothy; those beginning with chapter 1 are from Titus.\]