Elder qualifications, part 2 (continued)

• “above reproach as God’s steward”
  • Titus 1:7
• “not self-willed” (arrogant)
  • Titus 1:7
  • I Peter 5:3
• “not quick-tempered” (not soon angry)
  • Titus 1:7
  • Mark 3:5
  • Ephesians 4:6
• “not addicted to wine” (not a drunkard, not given to wine)
  • I Timothy 3:3; Titus 1:7
• “loving what is good”
  • Titus 1:8
• “just” (upright)
  • Titus 1:8
  • Able to be fair and objective.
• “devout” (holy)
  • Titus 1:8
• “self-controlled” (disciplined, temperate)
  • Titus 1:8

I Timothy 3 (continued)

• I Timothy 3:8-13 – “Deacons likewise …”
  • The word behind “deacon” or “servant,” but deacons are servants with special roles within the church.
  • Deacons must also match the qualifications laid out for elders.
  • I Timothy 3:11 – The most natural reading seems to be referring to deacons’ wives.