3 If any man teaches another doctrine and does not agree with the wholesome instruction,+ which is from our Lord Jesus Christ, nor with the teaching that is in harmony with godly devotion,+ 4 he is puffed up with pride and does not understand anything.+ He is obsessed with arguments and debates about words.+ These things give rise to envy, strife, slander, wicked suspicions,

7 For as God’s steward, an overseer must be free from accusation, not self-willed,+ not quick-tempered,+ not a drunkard, not violent, not greedy of dishonest gain,+

9 holding firmly to the faithful word as respects his art of teaching,+ so that he may be able both to encourage by the teaching that is wholesome*+ and to reprove+ those who contradict.