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1 Timothy 3

Overseers and Deacons

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 aIt is a trustworthy statement: if any man aspires to the  boffice of  1overseer, it is a fine work he desires to do.

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 1 aAn overseer, then, must be above reproach,  bthe husband of one wife,  ctemperate, prudent, respectable,  dhospitable,  eable to teach,

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 anot addicted to wine  1or pugnacious, but gentle, peaceable,  bfree from the love of money.

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He must be one who  amanages his own household well, keeping his children under control with all dignity

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(but if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of  athe church of God?),

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and not a new convert, so that he will not become  aconceited and fall into the  bcondemnation  1incurred by the devil.

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And he must  ahave a good reputation with  bthose outside the church, so that he will not fall into reproach and  cthe snare of the devil.

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 aDeacons likewise must be men of dignity, not  1double-tongued,  2 bor addicted to much wine  2 cor fond of sordid gain,

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 abut holding to the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience.

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 aThese men must also first be tested; then let them serve as deacons if they are beyond reproach.

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 1Women must likewise be dignified,  anot malicious gossips, but  btemperate, faithful in all things.

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 aDeacons must be  bhusbands of only one wife, and  1 cgood managers of their children and their own households.

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For those who have served well as deacons  aobtain for themselves a  1high standing and great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.

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I am writing these things to you, hoping to come to you before long;

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but  1in case I am delayed, I write so that you will know how  2one ought to conduct himself in  athe household of God, which is the  bchurch of  cthe living God, the  dpillar and support of the truth.

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By common confession, great is  athe mystery of godliness: He who was  brevealed in the flesh, Was  1 cvindicated  2in the Spirit,  dSeen by angels,  eProclaimed among the nations,  fBelieved on in the world,  gTaken up in glory.



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