Qualification of Elders - Chart

Must be a Man (male)

I Timothy 3:1-2, 4-7

Must be “older”

Titus 1:5, 6 (inherent in the word “elder”)

Must Desire the Office for the Right Reasons

I Timothy 3:1, I Peter 5:1-3

POSITIVE CHARACTER QUALIFICATIONS

Must be Blameless (Above Reproach - ASV)

I Timothy 3:1, Titus 1:5

Must be Husband of One Wife

I Timothy 3:2, Titus 1:6

Must be Vigilant

I Timothy 3:2

Must be Sober

I Timothy 3:2, Titus 1:8

Must be of a Good Behavior

I Timothy 3:2

Must be Given to Hospitality

I Timothy 3:2, Titus 1:8

Must be Apt to Teach (Able to Teach – NKJV)

I Timothy 3:2

Must be Patient

I Timothy 3:3

Must be a Lover of Good Men

Titus 1:8

Must be Just

Titus 1:8

Must be Holy

Titus 1:8

Must be Temperate

Titus 1:8

Must Hold to the Word of God

Titus 1:9

NEGATIVE CHARACTER QUALIFICATIONS

Not Given to Wine

I Timothy 3:3, Titus 1:7

No Striker (Not Violent – NKJV)

I Timothy 3:3, Titus 1:7

Not Greedy of Filthy Lucre (Money – NKJV)

I Timothy 3:3, Titus 1:7

Not a Brawler (Quarrelsome – NKJV)

I Timothy 3:3

Not Covetous

I Timothy 3:3

Not Self-Willed

Titus 1:7

Not Soon Angry

Titus 1:7

OTHER CHARACTER QUALIFICATIONS

Rules His Own House Well

I Timothy 3:4

Has His Children in Subjection to Him

I Timothy 3:4

Has “Faithful Children”

Titus 1:6

Not a Novice

I Timothy 3:6

Must Have a Good Report with Non-Christians

I Timothy 3:7