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1 Timothy 3:1-7

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1 If anyone wants to provide leadership in the church, good!
1 Here is a trustworthy saying: Whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble task.
2 But there are preconditions: A leader must be well-thought-of, committed to his wife, cool and collected, accessible, and hospitable. He must know what he's talking about,
2 Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
3 not be overfond of wine, not pushy but gentle, not thin-skinned, not money-hungry.
3 not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.
4 He must handle his own affairs well, attentive to his own children and having their respect.
4 He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him, and he must do so in a manner worthy of full respect.
5 For if someone is unable to handle his own affairs, how can he take care of God's church?
5 (If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church?)
6 He must not be a new believer, lest the position go to his head and the Devil trip him up.
6 He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same judgment as the devil.
7 Outsiders must think well of him, or else the Devil will figure out a way to lure him into his trap.
7 He must also have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the devil’s trap.
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