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NASB | 1 Timothy 3:2 An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, prudent, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Timothy 3:2 Now an overseer must be blameless and beyond reproach, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, sensible, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, |
Subject: clear conscience |
Bible Note: In response to 2 Tim 1:3, we should show ourselves to be blameless! And this requires a clear conscience. In Job 12:4, we read that Job was blameless. Therefore, since Job was just a human like us, it is possible for us to achieve blamelessness in our lives. Job had a clear conscience before his accusers and before God! Never was sin found in him that wasn't already repented of in his past and he had a clear conscience before the Lord. It is important that we have a clear conscience since through our blamelessness we will inherit good (Proverbs 28:10). It is clear and very important that we live blamelessly before men (Acts 24:16) so that we do not give unbelievers any reason or occasion to mock our Lord or any fellow Christian. We must also show ourselves to be blameless before God (Eph. 1:4, 2 Pet. 3:14) and in the Law (Phil. 3:6). If we keep our eyes focused on Christ, then He can keep us from stumbling, so that we may be blameless in His sight (Jude 24) with no more wrong in us left to make right. |