Qualifications for Pastors, 1 Timothy 3:1-3
June 3, 2024

Paul’s Letters to Young Pastors,
1 Timothy
Qualifications for Pastors
1 Timothy 3:1-3
Pastor Gary Kniseley
6/2/24

Introduction / Context:
What were the dominant

roles in the New Testament?

Not all men were / are

qualified to serve in these roles.

Paul focused on the

for the office and not on the duties.

Scripture Reading:
1 Timothy 3:1-3

1 The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. 2 Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, 3 not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.

Big Idea:
God desires

qualified men to His church.

The call to pastor stems from an

desire that nothing else will your soul. (v. 1)
1 Timothy 3:1
1 The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task.

Upright and moral behavior

and a pastor for ministry. (v. 2)
1 Timothy 3:2
2 Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

What does it mean to live

?

  1. He is to be a “

    - ” man.

  2. He is to be

    and in his thoughts.

  3. He is to be

    for his walk.

  4. He is to have a

    spirit towards others.

  5. He is to

    and be able to truth.

There are several things that pastors are

to be: (v. 3)
1 Timothy 3:3
3 not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.


1. He is not to be to .


2. He is not to be a - man.


3. He is not to be a with others.


4. He is not to be a of .

Living It Out:
1. Please pray for your

and .


2. Embrace a - on the call to ministry.


3. those whom God has to ministry.