1 Timothy 3:1-7 (New International Version)

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Overseers and Deacons

1 Here is a trustworthy saying:¹ If anyone sets his heart on being an overseer,^a² he desires a noble task. 2 Now the overseer must be above reproach,³ the husband of but one wife,⁴ temperate,⁵ self-controlled, respectable, hospitable,⁶ able to teach,⁷ 3 not given to drunkenness,⁸ not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome,⁹ not a lover of money.¹⁰ 4 He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him with proper respect.¹¹ 5 (If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God's church?)¹² 6 He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited¹³ and fall under the same judgment¹⁴ as the devil. 7 He must also have a good reputation with outsiders,¹⁵ so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the devil's trap.¹⁶

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