1 Timothy 3:2-7 (New International Version)

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2 Now the overseer must be above reproach,¹ the husband of but one wife,² temperate,³ self-controlled, respectable, hospitable,⁴ able to teach,⁵ 3 not given to drunkenness,⁶ not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome,⁷ not a lover of money.⁸ 4 He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him with proper respect.⁹ 5 (If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God's church?)¹⁰ 6 He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited¹¹ and fall under the same judgment¹² as the devil. 7 He must also have a good reputation with outsiders,¹³ so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the devil's trap.¹⁴

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