1Timothy:3:2-13

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* A bishop then must be blameless , the husband of one wife , vigilant , sober , of good behaviour , given to hospitality , apt to teach ; * Not given to wine , no striker , not greedy of filthy lucre ; but patient , not a brawler , not covetous ; * One that ruleth well his own house , having his children in subjection with all gravity ; * (For if a man know not how to rule his own house , how shall he take care of the church of God ?) * Not a novice , lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil . * Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without ; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil . * Likewise must the deacons be grave , not doubletongued , not given to much wine , not greedy of filthy lucre ; * Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience . * And let these also first be proved ; then let them use the office of a deacon , being found blameless . * Even so must their wives be grave , not slanderers , sober , faithful in all things . * Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife , ruling their children and their own houses well . * 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 .

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