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  1st Timothy   chapter 3

    
       1 This is a true saying, If a man desire the
      office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
       2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband
      of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour,
      given to hospitality, apt to teach;
       3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of
      filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not
      covetous;
       4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his
      children in subjection with all gravity;
       5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own
      house, how shall he take care of the church of
      God?)
       6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride
      he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
       7 Moreover he must have a good report of them
      which are without; lest he fall into reproach and
      the snare of the devil.
       8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not
      doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy
      of filthy lucre;
       9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure
      conscience.
      10 And let these also first be proved; then let
      them use the office of a deacon, being found
      blameless.
      11 Even so must their wives be grave, not
      slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
      12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife,
      ruling their children and their own houses well.
      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.
      14 These things write I unto thee, hoping to come
      unto thee shortly:
      15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how
      thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of
      God, which is the church of the living God, the
      pillar and ground of the truth.
      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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