10Andletthesealsofirst be proved ; then let them use the office of a deacon , being found blameless.11
Even so must their wives be grave,notslanderers,sober,faithfulin all things.12Let the deaconsbe the husbands of onewife,ruling their childrenand their ownhouseswell.13For they that have used the office of a deaconwellpurchase to themselves a gooddegree,andgreatboldnessin the faithwhich is inChristJesus.14
These things write I unto thee,hoping to comeuntotheeshortly:15Butif I tarry long , that thou mayest knowhow thou oughtest to behave thyselfin the house of God,whichis the church of the livingGod, the pillarandgrounda of the truth.16And without controversygreatis the mystery of godliness:God was manifestin the flesh,justifiedin the Spirit,seen of angels,preachedunto the Gentiles, believed onin the world, received upintoglory.
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