Revised Version 1885

1 Timothy 3:1-4 Revised Version 1885 (RV1885)

1. Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.

2. The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, soberminded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

3. no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;

4. one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;