1 Timothy 3:1
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1 Tim 3:1
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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.}
1 Tim 3:2
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An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, prudent, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
1 Tim 3:3
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not addicted to wine or pugnacious, but gentle, peaceable, free from the love of money.
1 Tim 3:4
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{He must be} one who manages his own household well, keeping his children under control with all dignity
1 Tim 3:5
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(but if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?),
1 Tim 3:6
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{and} not a new convert, so that he will not become conceited and fall into the condemnation incurred by the devil.
1 Tim 3:7
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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.
1 Tim 3:8
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Deacons likewise {must be} men of dignity, not double-tongued, or addicted to much wine or fond of sordid gain,
1 Tim 3:9
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{but} holding to the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience.
1 Tim 3:10
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These men must also first be tested; then let them serve as deacons if they are beyond reproach.
1 Tim 3:11
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Women {must} likewise {be} dignified, not malicious gossips, but temperate, faithful in all things.
1 Tim 3:12
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Deacons must be husbands of {only} one wife, {and} good managers of {their} children and their own households.
1 Tim 3:13
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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.
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