| 1 Timothy 3 | ||
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| It is a trustworthy statement: if any man aspires to the office of overseer, it is a fine work he desires {to do.} | |
| An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, prudent, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, | |
| not addicted to wine or pugnacious, but gentle, peaceable, free from the love of money. | |
| {He must be} one who manages his own household well, keeping his children under control with all dignity | |
| (but if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?), | |
| {and} not a new convert, so that he will not become conceited and fall into the condemnation incurred by the devil. | |
| And he must have a good reputation with those outside {the church,} so that he will not fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. | |
| Deacons likewise {must be} men of dignity, not double-tongued, or addicted to much wine or fond of sordid gain, | |
| {but} holding to the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience. | |
| These men must also first be tested; then let them serve as deacons if they are beyond reproach. | |
| Women {must} likewise {be} dignified, not malicious gossips, but temperate, faithful in all things. | |
| Deacons must be husbands of {only} one wife, {and} good managers of {their} children and their own households. | |
| For those who have served well as deacons obtain for themselves a high standing and great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus. | |
| I am writing these things to you, hoping to come to you before long; | |
| but in case I am delayed, {I write} so that you will know how one ought to conduct himself in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth. | |
| By common confession, great is the mystery of godliness: He who was revealed in the flesh, Was vindicated in the Spirit, Seen by angels, Proclaimed among the nations, Believed on in the world, Taken up in glory. |
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