Now the overseer is to be … temperate…
Summary: As we continue examining Paul’s criteria for an overseer, we discover that there is a method to Paul’s list of things to look for in an overseer.
The next word in Paul’s job description for an overseer is “temperate.”
To be more accurate, the English translation in the NIV uses the word “temperate” for the word Paul used, which is “nēpháleos.” “Nēpháleos” is a Greek word that means “sober” in the sense of being circumspect.* However, it can also mean “abstaining from wine,” or at least from its “immoderate use.”†
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