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1 Timothy 3

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1This is a trustworthy saying: If anyone aspires to be an overseer, he desires a noble task. ✦ 2An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, ✦ 3not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money. ✦ 4An overseer must manage his own household well and keep his children under control, with complete dignity. ✦ 5For if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for the church of God? ✦ 6He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same condemnation as the devil. ✦ 7Furthermore, he must have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the snare of the devil. ✦ 8Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued or given to much wine or greedy for money. ✦ 9They must hold to the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience. ✦ 10Additionally, they must first be tested. Then, if they are above reproach, let them serve as deacons. ✦ 11In the same way, the women must be dignified, not slanderers, but temperate and faithful in all things. ✦ 12A deacon must be the husband of but one wife, a good manager of his children and of his own household. ✦ 13For those who have served well as deacons acquire for themselves a high standing and great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus. ✦ 14Although I hope to come to you soon, I am writing you these things ✦ 15in case I am delayed, so that you will know how each one must conduct himself in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth. ✦ 16By common confession, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the nations, was believed in throughout the world, was taken up in glory. ✦

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Where this chapter connects

1 Tim 3 ·19Titus 2 ·8Titus 1 ·71 Pet 5 ·6Acts 6 ·62 Tim 2 ·6Col 1 ·61 Tim 5 ·5

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