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1 Timothy 3
1 Timothy 3:1-13
1 Timothy 3
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1 Timothy 3:1-13
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1
This is a
true
saying,
If a
man
desire
the office of a
bishop,
he
desireth
a
good
work.
2
A
bishop
then
must
be
blameless,
the
husband
of
one
wife,
vigilant,
sober,
of good
behaviour,
given to
hospitality,
apt to
teach;
3
Not
given to
wine,
no
striker,
not
greedy of filthy
lucre;
but
patient,
not a
brawler,
not
covetous;
4
One that
ruleth
well
his
own
house,
having
his
children
in
subjection
with
all
gravity;
5
(For if a
man
know
not
how
to
rule
his
own
house,
how
shall he take care
of
the
church
of God?)
6
Not
a
novice,
[a]
lest
being lifted up with
pride
he
fall
into
the
condemnation
of the
devil.
7
Moreover
*
he
must
have
a
good
report
of
them which are
without;
lest
he
fall
into
reproach
and
the
snare
of the
devil.
8
Likewise
must the
deacons
be
grave,
not
doubletongued,
not
given
to
much
wine,
not
greedy of filthy
lucre;
9
Holding
the
mystery
of the
faith
in
a
pure
conscience.
10
And
let
these
also
first
be
proved
;
then
let them use the office of a
deacon
,
being
found
blameless.
11
Even
so
must their
wives
be
grave,
not
slanderers,
sober,
faithful
in
all
things.
12
Let
the
deacons
be
the
husbands
of
one
wife,
ruling
their
children
and
their
own
houses
well.
13
For
they that have used the office of a
deacon
well
purchase
to
themselves
a
good
degree,
and
great
boldness
in
the
faith
which
is
in
Christ
Jesus.
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[a].
a novice: or, one newly come to the faith
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