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I TIMOTHY ยท Chapter 3
3:1 This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of
a bishop, he desires a good work.
3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant,
sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, able to teach;
3:3 Not given to wine, not an attacker, not greedy of filthy illegal
gain; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
3:4 One that rules well his own house, having his children in subjection
with all gravity;
3:5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he
take care of the church of God?)
3:6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the
condemnation of the devil.
3:7 Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without;
lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
3:8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not double-tongued, not given
to much wine, not greedy of filthy illegal gain;
3:9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
3:10 And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office
of a deacon, being found blameless.
3:11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful
in all things.
3:12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children
and their own houses well.
3:13 For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to
themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ
Jesus.
3:14 These things write I unto you, hoping to come unto you shortly:
3:15 But if I tarry long, that you may know how you ought to behave
yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the
pillar and ground of the truth.
3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God
was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of
angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received
up into glory.
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