mnt - 1Timothy:3

mnt@1Timothy:3:1 @ This is a faithful saying, "If any man is seeking the office of a minister he is aspiring to a noble task."

mnt@1Timothy:3:2 @ The minister should be a man of blameless character; he should be husband of but one wife; he should live a sober, self-restrained, orderly life; he should be hospitable, skilled in teaching;

mnt@1Timothy:3:3 @ no drinker or brawler; but forbearing, peaceable, and no money- lover;

mnt@1Timothy:3:4 @ he should be a man who rules his own household well, and keeps his children ever under control and thoroughly well behaved.

mnt@1Timothy:3:5 @ For if a man does not know how to rule his own household, how shall he take charge of a church of God?

mnt@1Timothy:3:6 @ He must not be a recent convert, lest he be blinded with pride, and incur the doom of the devil.

mnt@1Timothy:3:7 @ He should also have a good reputation among outsiders, lest he fall into reproach, and into a snare of the devil.

mnt@1Timothy:3:8 @ Deacons, likewise, must be serious, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of gain,

mnt@1Timothy:3:9 @ holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

mnt@1Timothy:3:10 @ They should first be tested, and after that, if they are found irreproachable, let them serve as deacons.

mnt@1Timothy:3:11 @ Deaconesses likewise must be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

mnt@1Timothy:3:12 @ Let deacons be the husband of but one wife, men who rule their children and their household properly.

mnt@1Timothy:3:13 @ For those who have well discharged the duties of a deacon are gaining an honorable position for themselves, as well as much fearless confidence in the faith of Christ Jesus.

mnt@1Timothy:3:14 @ Although I am hoping to come to you before long,

mnt@1Timothy:3:15 @ I am writing this to you in case I should be detained, to let you see how you ought to behave in the household of God - the Church of the everliving God, the pillar and mainstay of the truth.

mnt@1Timothy:3:16 @ Yes! without contradiction, great is the mystery of godliness!