κόσμιος
kosmios
orderly, well-arranged, respectable
Summary
κόσμιος ("orderly, well-arranged, respectable") appears only twice in the NT: for women in 1 Timothy 2:9 and for elders/overseers in 3:2. This shared vocabulary is significant — the same quality required of godly women is required of church leaders, marking it as a gender-neutral marker of spiritual maturity, not a gender-specific restriction.
Used in Verses
Same virtue required of women (2:9) and elders (3:2) — not gender-specific
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