| | 1 Timothy | | Titus |
| 3:2 | above reproach | 1:6, 7 | above reproach |
| 3:2 | husband of one wife | 1:6 | husband of one wife |
| 3:2 | sober-minded | 1:8 | disciplined |
| 3:2 | self-controlled | 1:8 | self-controlled |
| 3:2 | respectable | | — |
| 3:2 | hospitable | 1:8 | hospitable |
| 3:2 | able to teach | 1:9 | able to give instruction |
| 3:3 | not a drunkard | 1:7 | not . . . a drunkard |
| 3:3 | not violent but gentle | 1:7 | not . . . violent |
| 3:3 | not quarrelsome | 1:7 | not be arrogant or quick-tempered |
| 3:3 | not a lover of money | 1:7 | not . . . greedy for gain |
| 3:4–5 | manage his own household well, care for God’s church | 1:7 | God’s steward |
| 3:4 | keeping his children submissive | 1:6 | children are believers (or “faithful”), not insubordinate |
| 3:6 | not a recent convert | | — |
| 3:7 | well thought of by outsiders | | — |
| | — | 1:8 | a lover of good; upright, holy |