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Even so must their wives be grave,notslanderers,sober,faithfulin all things.
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Let the deaconsbe the husbands of onewife,ruling their childrenand their ownhouseswell.
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For they that have used the office of a deaconwellpurchase to themselves a gooddegree,andgreatboldnessin the faithwhich is inChristJesus.
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These things write I unto thee,hoping to comeuntotheeshortly:
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Butif I tarry long, that thou mayest knowhow thou oughtest to behave thyselfin the house of God,whichis the church of the livingGod, the pillarandground[a] of the truth.
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And 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.