Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
The bishop (ton episkopon). Same office as "elder" in Titus 1:5. "Elder is the title, oversight is the function" (B. Weiss).
As God's steward (wv qeou oikonomon). See 1 Corinthians 4:1 f. for Paul's idea of the bishop (elder) as God's steward (cf. 1 Corinthians 9:17; Colossians 1:25; Ephesians 3:2; 1 Timothy 1:4).
Not self-willed (mh auqadh). Old word (from autos, hdomai), self-pleasing, arrogant. In N.T. only here and 2 Peter 2:10.
Not soon angry (orgilon). Old adjective from orgh (anger). Here only in N.T. Vulgate, iracundum. For "brawler" and "striker" see 1 Timothy 3:2.
Not greedy of filthy lucre (aisxrokerdh). "Not greedy of shameful gain." Used of deacons in 1 Timothy 3:8, afilarguron used of elders in 1 Timothy 3:3.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Acts 11:30
Acts 14:23
Acts 20:17
1 Timothy 3:2
1 Timothy 3:8
Titus 1:11
1 Peter 4:10
1 Peter 5:2
2 Peter 2:10
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