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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, |
Bible Question: Why do bible translations use the ambiguous word "temperate"? The Greek word for it is Nephalios which means "abstaining from wine or any substance that can cloud judgment" (New Strong's Expanded). I think it would help settle the whole drinking debate, if translators were more honest about its real meaning. |
Bible Answer: If you use the King James translation the traits for being and overseer are quite plain in regards to alcohol. The Holy Bible, King James Version 1 Tim. 3:2 through 1 Tim. 3:4 (KJV) 2A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; 3Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; 4One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; |