strkjv@1Timothy:3:1
@ This is a
true
saying
, If a
man
desire
the office of a
bishop
, he
desireth
a
good
work
.
strkjv@1Timothy:3:2
@ A
bishop
then
must
be
blameless
, the
husband
of
one
wife
,
vigilant
,
sober
, of good
behaviour
, given to
hospitality
, apt to
teach
;
strkjv@1Timothy:3:3
@
Not
given to
wine
,
no
striker
,
not
greedy of filthy
lucre
;
but
patient
, not a
brawler
, not
covetous
;
strkjv@1Timothy:3:4
@ One that
ruleth
well
his
own
house
,
having
his
children
in
subjection
with
all
gravity
;
strkjv@1Timothy:3:5
@ (
For
if a
man
know
not
how
to
rule
his
own
house
,
how
shall he take care
of
the
church
of
God
?)
strkjv@1Timothy:3:6
@
Not
a
novice
,
lest
being lifted up with
pride
he
fall
into
the
condemnation
of the
devil
.
strkjv@1Timothy: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
.
strkjv@1Timothy:3:8
@
Likewise
must the
deacons
be
grave
,
not
doubletongued
,
not
given
to
much
wine
,
not
greedy of filthy
lucre
;
strkjv@1Timothy:3:9
@
Holding
the
mystery
of the
faith
in
a
pure
conscience
.
strkjv@1Timothy:3:10
@
And
let
these
also
first
be
proved
;
then
let them use the office of a
deacon
,
being
found
blameless
.
strkjv@1Timothy:3:11
@ Even
so
must their
wives
be
grave
,
not
slanderers
,
sober
,
faithful
in
all
things
.
strkjv@1Timothy:3:12
@
Let
the
deacons
be
the
husbands
of
one
wife
,
ruling
their
children
and
their
own
houses
well
.
strkjv@1Timothy:3:13
@
For
they that have used the office of a
deacon
well
purchase
to
themselves
a good 2570
degree
,
and
great
boldness
in
the
faith
which
is
in
Christ
Jesus
.
strkjv@1Timothy:3:14
@ These
things
write
I
unto
thee
,
hoping
to
come
unto
thee
shortly
:
strkjv@1Timothy:3:15
@
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
.
strkjv@1Timothy: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
.
strkjv@1Timothy:4:1
@
Now
the
Spirit
speaketh
expressly
,
that
in
the
latter
times
some
shall depart
from
the
faith
, giving
heed
to
seducing
spirits
,
and
doctrines
of
devils
;
strkjv@1Timothy:4:2
@ Speaking
lies
in
hypocrisy
;
having
their
conscience
seared with a hot
iron
;
strkjv@1Timothy:4:3
@
Forbidding
to
marry
, and commanding to abstain
from
meats
,
which
God
hath
created
to
be
received
with
thanksgiving
of them which
believe
and
know
the
truth
.
strkjv@1Timothy:4:4
@
For
every
creature
of
God
is
good
,
and
nothing
to be
refused
, if it be
received
with
thanksgiving
:
strkjv@1Timothy:4:5
@
For
it is
sanctified
by
the
word
of
God
and
prayer
.
strkjv@1Timothy:4:6
@ If thou
put
the
brethren
in
remembrance
of these
things
, thou shalt
be
a
good
minister
of
Jesus
Christ
, nourished
up
in the
words
of
faith
and
of
good
doctrine
,
whereunto
thou hast
attained
.
strkjv@1Timothy:4:7
@
But
refuse
profane
and
old
wives
fables
,
and
exercise
thyself
rather
unto
godliness
.
strkjv@1Timothy:4:8
@
For
bodily
exercise
profiteth
little
:
but
godliness
is
profitable
unto
all
things
,
having
promise
of the
life
that now
is
,
and
of that which is to
come
.
strkjv@1Timothy:4:9
@ This is a
faithful
saying
and
worthy
of
all
acceptation
.
strkjv@1Timothy:4:10
@
For
therefore
we
both
labour
and
suffer
reproach
,
because
we
trust
in
the
living
God
,
who
is
the
Saviour
of
all
men
,
specially
of those that
believe
.
strkjv@1Timothy:4:11
@ These
things
command
and
teach
.
strkjv@1Timothy:4:12
@
Let
no
man
despise
thy
youth
;
but
be
thou
an
example
of the
believers
,
in
word
,
in
conversation
,
in
charity
,
in
spirit
,
in
faith
,
in
purity
.
strkjv@1Timothy:4:13
@
Till
I
come
, give
attendance
to
reading
, to
exhortation
, to
doctrine
.
strkjv@1Timothy:4:14
@
Neglect
not
the
gift
that is
in
thee
,
which
was
given
thee
by
prophecy
,
with
the laying
on
of the
hands
of the
presbytery
.
strkjv@1Timothy:4:15
@ Meditate
upon
these
things
; give
thyself
wholly
to
them
;
that
thy
profiting
may
appear
to
all
.
strkjv@1Timothy:4:16
@ Take
heed
unto
thyself
,
and
unto the
doctrine
;
continue
in
them
:
for
in
doing
this
thou
shalt
both
save
thyself
,
and
them that
hear
thee
.
strkjv@1Timothy:5:1
@
Rebuke
not
an
elder
,
but
intreat
him
as
a
father
; and the younger
men
as
brethren
;
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