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The saying is sure: If any one aspires to the office of bishop, he desires a noble task.
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Now a bishop must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, dignified, hospitable, an apt teacher,
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no drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, and no lover of money.
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He must manage his own household well, keeping his children submissive and respectful in every way;
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for if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for God's church?
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.