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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: There are many words that are translated differently. One reason is culture and how we have changed words. Look up gay and gentleman, see what the original meant. We have changed the meanings of both. Two of my Biblical words are "baptism" and "worship". |