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For the overseermust be abovereproach as God'ssteward, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not addicted to wine, not pugnacious, not fond of sordidgain,
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holdingfast the faithfulword which is in accordance with the teaching, so that he will be ableboth to exhort in sounddoctrine and to refutethose who contradict.
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To the pure, allthings are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.