1 Timothy 3: Self-controlled and Respectable
Self-controlled and Respectable 1 Timothy 3:2 What has gone before... Paul introduced and summarized the qualifications required for a person to be considered for the office of overseer: above reproach and well thought of. First on the list was faithfulness in marriage, followed by sober-mindedness, meaning alert and ready. Moving on... The next requirement for the office of overseer is that of self-control. "An overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled..." 1 Timothy 3:2 (ESV) SELF-CONTROLLED: sophron "SO-frone" (safe, or sound, in mind; self-controlled, moderate as to opinion or passion; from sos (safe, to save, to deliver or protect) and phrao (to rein in or curb) This seems related to sober-mindedness, with both characteristics focusing on remaining out of danger, maintaining caution. Being sober-minded means a person is alert and prepared, and self-control is the consequence of that vigilance: s...