tality. Titus 1:8.) He must love in
his heart to receive and entertain strangers without remuneration, to be
kind and pleasing in his manners.

Apt to teach. He must possess a talent or God-given ability to teach the
Word to others in a simple manner.

Patient. He must be free from ill passion and irritableness. He must be
calm, and possess a tranquility and evenness of life. His composure and
holy tranquilness is such that commands and quiets all strife, contentions
and heated discussions.

Ruling well his own house. Unless a man has sufficient wisdom, authority,
love and firmness, to govern and control his own children he certainly can
not be used of God to oversee the church of God.

Lover of good men. His very heart and soul must admire and appreciate and
love the good he sees in men.

Just. In his admonitions, corrections and reprovings, he is always just
and impartial.

Holy. His heart and life and affections must be pure and holy, free from
sin.

Temperate. There are many things from which we are commanded by the
Scriptures to abstain. In the use of all things God has given for use he
must not be excessive. He must not be excessive in eating, drinking,
sleeping, working, talking, sexual relation, etc.

What A Bishop Or Elder Must Not Be.

A bishop must not be given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy
lucre, not a brawler, not covetous, not a novice, not self-willed, not
soon angry. See 1 Tim. 3:3-6; Titus 1:7.

Must not be given to wine. Not a wine drinker. He is to be an example and
abstain from all appearance of evil.

No striker. A good translation from the Greek would render this _reviler_.
He must not strike back with the tongue; in other words, not contentious.

Not greedy of filthy lucre. When man becomes greedy of filthy lucre--loves
money--he can be influenced by it and thus be led to favor the rich.

Not a brawler. This is synonymous with wrangler or contender.

Not Covetous. Covetousness includes more than the love of money. Fame,
honor, worldly pleasures, gratification of unholy appetites and passions,
may be properly termed covetousness. To entertain for anything an
affection that is not a pure and godly affection is idolatry, and idolatry
is covetousness.

Not a novice. One newly converted.

Not self-willed. Not obstinate in contending for his views or desires in
opposition to others.

Not soon angry. Soon is not found in the original. A more proper rendering
would