1 Timothy 3:2 in every translation
Leer en españolThe same verse in each translation we publish, grouped by language and by the tradition that made it. Numbering is matched for each text (for example, Psalms in the Septuagint).
English
Catholic
DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
It behoveth therefore a bishop to be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, prudent, of good behaviour, chaste, given to hospitality, a teacher,
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
Therefore, it is necessary for a bishop to be beyond reproach, the husband of one wife, sober, prudent, gracious, chaste, hospitable, a teacher,
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, soberminded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
MSB Majority Standard Bible
An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
BSB Berean Standard Bible
An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
LSV Literal Standard Version
it is required, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, a husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, respectable, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,
Read in context · Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/englsv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Darby Darby Translation
The overseer then must be irreproachable, husband of one wife, sober, discreet, decorous, hospitable, apt to teach;
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
A Bishop therefore must be vnreproueable, the husband of one wife, watching, temperate, modest, harberous, apt to teache,
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
Therefore the overseer must be without reproach. He must be a husband of one wife. He must be moderate, sensible, orderly, and hospitable. He must be able to teach.
Read in context · Unlocked Literal Bible. Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engULB/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tyndale Tyndale New Testament (1534)
Ye and a bisshope must be fautlesse the husband of one wyfe sober discrete honestly aparelled harberous apt to teache
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,
FBV Free Bible Version
An elder must be above reproach, married to one wife, self-controlled, well-balanced, sensible, hospitable, and able to teach.
Read in context · Free Bible Version. Copyright © 2018 Dr. Jonathan Gallagher. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engfbv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
The Bishop, then, is to be a man of good name, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, serious-minded, having respect for order, opening his house freely to guests, a ready teacher;
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Pues es necesario, que el Obispo sea irreprehensible, esposo de una sola muger, sóbrio, prudente, respetable, modesto, amador de la hospitalidad, propio para enseñar.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Conviene, pues, que el obispo sea irreprensible, marido de una mujer, solícito, templado, compuesto, hospedador, apto para enseñar;
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Sin embargo, es necesario que tal persona viva irreprochablemente: ha de tener una sola esposa y debe ser moderado, juicioso y respetable; ha de estar siempre dispuesto a hospedar gente en su casa; debe saber enseñar;
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Es necesario que el supervisor sea irreprochable, esposo de una sola esposa, sobrio, prudente, honorable, hospedador, apto para enseñar,
Read in context · Palabra de Dios para ti © 2020 Asociación Bíblica Latinoamericana. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spapddpt/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
Un anciano debe ser irreprochable, casado con una mujer, debe tener dominio propio, ser equilibrado, sensible, hospitalario, y con capacidad de enseñar.
Read in context · Versión Biblia Libre. Copyright © 2018-2020 Jonathan Gallagher y Shelly Barrios de Avila. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spavbl/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Por tanto, el supervisor debe ser irreprensible, esposo de una sola mujer, sobrio, prudente, respetable, hospitalario y apto para enseñar.
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Orthodox
PT1904 Patriarchal Text 1904 (accented, eBible edition)
δεῖ οὖν τὸν ἐπίσκοπον ἀνεπίληπτον εἶναι, μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἄνδρα, νηφάλιον, σώφρονα, κόσμιον, φιλόξενον, διδακτικόν,
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
δει ουν τον επισκοπον ανεπιληπτον ειναι, μιας γυναικος ανδρα, νηφαλιον, σωφρονα, κοσμιον, φιλοξενον, διδακτικον,
Read in context · Patriarchal Text, Antoniades 1904/1912 edition, verified by Maurice A. Robinson and Jussi Ala-Konni (https://github.com/byztxt/greektext-antoniades). Public domain.
Individual translator
TR Textus Receptus (Boyd collation)
Δεῖ οὖν τὸν ἐπίσκοπον ἀνεπίληπτον εἶναι, μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἄνδρα, νηφάλιον, σώφρονα, κόσμιον, φιλόξενον, διδακτικόν·
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
δει ουν τον επισκοπον ανεπιληπτον ειναι μιασ γυναικοσ ανδρα νηφαλεον σωφρονα κοσμιον φιλοξενον διδακτικον
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
δεῖ οὖν τὸν ἐπίσκοπον ἀνεπίλημπτον εἶναι, μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἄνδρα, νηφάλιον, σώφρονα, κόσμιον, φιλόξενον, διδακτικόν,
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
δεῖ οὖν τὸν ἐπίσκοπον ἀνεπίλημπτον εἶναι, μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἄνδρα, νηφάλιον, σώφρονα, κόσμιον, φιλόξενον, διδακτικόν,
Read in context · The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition. Copyright 2010 by the Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/grcsbl/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
Oportet ergo episcopum irreprehensibilem esse, unius uxoris virum, sobrium, prudentem, ornatum, pudicum, hospitalem, doctorem,
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Подоба́етъ ᲂу҆̀бо є҆пі́скопꙋ бы́ти непоро́чнꙋ, є҆ди́ныѧ жены̀ мꙋ́жꙋ, тре́звенꙋ, цѣломꙋ́дрꙋ, (благоговѣ́йнꙋ,) че́стнꙋ, страннолюби́вꙋ, ᲂу҆чи́тельнꙋ,
Read in context · Church Slavonic text: Ponomar Project (github.com/typiconman/ponomar), © 2006–2018 Aleksandr Andreev and others, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Changes for this site (2026-10-18): lectionary pericope markers, marginal glosses and the closing note of Genesis removed, Psalm verses renumbered to the Russian Synodal numbering, joined verses noted; the words are unchanged.
Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
Но епископ должен быть непорочен, одной жены муж, трезв, целомудрен, благочинен, честен, страннолюбив, учителен,
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Πρέπει λοιπόν ο επίσκοπος να ήναι άμεμπτος, μιας γυναικός ανήρ, άγρυπνος, σώφρων, κόσμιος, φιλόξενος, διδακτικός,
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
Али владика треба да је без мане, једне жене муж, трезан, паметан, поштен, гостољубив, вредан да учи;
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Ali vladika treba da je bez mane, jedne žene muž, trezan, pametan, pošten, gostoljubiv, vredan da uči;
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
فَيَجِبُ أَنْ يَكُونَ ٱلْأُسْقُفُ: بِلَا لَوْمٍ، بَعْلَ ٱمْرَأَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ، صَاحِيًا، عَاقِلًا، مُحْتَشِمًا، مُضِيفًا لِلْغُرَبَاءِ، صَالِحًا لِلتَّعْلِيمِ،
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC