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
.
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