1Timothy:3

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* Faithful is this word : If anyone aspires to the position of a bishop , he desires a good work . * It is necessary , therefore , for a bishop to be irreproachable , the husband of one wife , temperate , sober-minded , well-behaved , hospitable , skillful at teaching ; * not given to wine , not a bully , not greedy for money , but gentle , not quarrelsome , not loving money ; * one ruling his own house well , having [his ] children in submission with all reverence ; * (for if one does not know how to rule his own house , how will he take care of the church of God ?); * not a new convert , lest being puffed up [with pride ] he fall into the [same ] condemnation as the devil . * Moreover he must have a good testimony among those outside , lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil . * Likewise deacons must be reverent , not double-tongued , not being given to much wine , not greedy for money , * holding the mystery of the faith with a pure conscience . * But let these also first be tested ; then let them serve as deacons , being irreproachable . * Likewise their wives must be reverent , not slanderers , temperate , faithful in all things . * Let deacons be the husbands of one wife , ruling their children well , and their own houses . * For those who have served well as deacons obtain a standing for themselves and much boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus . * These things I write to you , hoping to come to you shortly ; * but if I am delayed , [I write ] so that you may know how it is necessary to conduct oneself in the house of God , which is the church of the living God , the pillar and bulwark of the truth . * And confessedly , great is the mystery of godliness : God was manifested in the flesh , justified in the Spirit , seen by angels , proclaimed among [the ]Gentiles , believed on in the world , [and ]was received up in glory .

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