1Timothy:3

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web @1Timothy:3:1 @This is a faithful saying : if a man seeks the office of an overseer {or , superintendents , or bishops }, he desires a good work . web @1Timothy:3:2 @The overseer therefore must be without reproach , the husband of one wife , temperate , sensible , modest , hospitable , good at teaching ; web @1Timothy:3:3 @not a drinker , not violent , not greedy for money , but gentle , not quarrelsome , not covetous ; web @1Timothy:3:4 @one who rules his own house well , having children in subjection with all reverence ; web @1Timothy:3:5 @(but if a man doesn 't know how to rule his own house , how will he take care of the assembly of God ?) web @1Timothy:3:6 @not a new convert , lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil . web @1Timothy:3:7 @Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside , to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil . web @1Timothy:3:8 @Servants {or , Deacons .}, in the same way , must be reverent , not double-tongued , not addicted to much wine , not greedy for money ; web @1Timothy:3:9 @holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience . web @1Timothy:3:10 @Let them also first be tested ; then let them serve {or , serve as deacons } if they are blameless . web @1Timothy:3:11 @Their wives in the same way must be reverent , not slanderers , temperate , faithful in all things . web @1Timothy:3:12 @Let servants {or , deacons } be husbands of one wife , ruling their children and their own houses well . web @1Timothy:3:13 @For those who have served well {or , served well as deacons } gain for themselves a good standing , and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus . web @1Timothy:3:14 @These things I write to you , hoping to come to you shortly ; web @1Timothy:3:15 @but if I wait long , that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in God 's house , which is the assembly of the living God , the pillar and ground of the truth . web @1Timothy:3:16 @Without controversy , the mystery of godliness is great : God was revealed in the flesh , justified in the spirit , seen by angels , preached among the nations , believed on in the world , and received up in glory .

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