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This is a true[G4103]saying[G3056], If a man[G1536]desire[G3713] the office of a bishop[G1984], he desireth[G1937] a good[G2570]work[G2041].
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A bishop[G1985]then[G3767]must[G1163]be[G1511]blameless[G423], the husband[G435] of one[G3391]wife[G1135], vigilant[G3524], sober[G4998], of good behaviour[G2887], given to hospitality[G5382], apt to teach[G1317];
3Not[G3361] given to wine[G3943], no[G3361]striker[G4131], not[G3361] greedy of filthy lucre[G146]; but[G235]patient[G1933], not[G3361] a brawler[G269], not[G3361]covetous[G866];
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One that ruleth[G4291]well[G2573] his own[G2398]house[G3624], having[G2192] his children[G5043]in[G1722]subjection[G5292]with[G3326]all[G3956]gravity[G4587];
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(For[G1161] if a man[G1536]know[G1492]not[G3756]how[G1492] to rule[G4291] his own[G2398]house[G3624], how[G4459] shall he take care of[G1959] the church[G1577]of[G1959]God?[G2316])
6Not[G3361] a novice[G3504], lest[G3363] being lifted up with pride[G5187] he fall[G1706]into[G1519] the condemnation[G2917] of the devil[G1228].
7Moreover[G1161]he[G846]must[G1163]have[G2192] a good[G2570]report[G3141]of[G575] them which are without[G1855]; lest[G3363]he[G846]fall[G1706]into[G1519]reproach[G3680]and[G2532] the snare[G3803]of[G575] the devil[G1228].
8Likewise[G5615] must the deacons[G1249] be grave[G4586], not[G3361]doubletongued[G1351], not[G3361]given[G4337] to much[G4183]wine[G3631], not[G3361] greedy of filthy lucre[G146];
9Holding[G2192] the mystery[G3466] of the faith[G4102]in[G1722] a pure[G2513]conscience[G4893].
10And[G1161]let[G1381]these[G3778]also[G2532]first[G4412] be proved[G1381]; then[G1534]let[G1381] them use the office of a deacon[G1247], being[G5607] found blameless[G410].
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Even so[G5615] must their wives[G1135] be grave[G4586], not[G3361]slanderers[G1228], sober[G3524], faithful[G4103]in[G1722] all things[G3956].
12Let[G2077] the deacons[G1249]be[G2077] the husbands[G435] of one[G3391]wife[G1135], ruling[G4291] their children[G5043]and[G2532] their own[G2398]houses[G3624]well[G2573].
13For[G1063] they that have used the office of a deacon[G1247]well[G2573]purchase[G4046] to themselves[G1438] a good[G2570]degree[G898], and[G2532]great[G4183]boldness[G3954]in[G1722] the faith[G4102]which[G3588] is in[G1722]Christ[G5547]Jesus[G2424].
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These things[G5023] write I[G1125]unto[G4314]thee[G4671], hoping[G1679] to come[G2064]unto[G4314]thee[G4571]shortly[G5032]:
15But[G1161]if[G1437] I tarry long[G1019], that[G2443] thou mayest know[G1492]how[G4459] thou oughtest[G1163] to behave thyself[G390]in[G1722] the house[G3624] of God[G2316], which[G3748]is[G2076] the church[G1577] of the living[G2198]God[G2316], the pillar[G4769]and[G2532]ground[G1477] of the truth[G225].
16And[G2532] without controversy[G3672]great[G3173]is[G2076] the mystery[G3466] of godliness[G2150]: God[G2316] was manifest[G5319]in[G1722] the flesh[G4561], justified[G1344]in[G1722] the Spirit[G4151], seen[G3700] of angels[G32], preached[G2784]unto[G1722] the Gentiles[G1484], believed on[G4100]in[G1722] the world[G2889], received up[G353]into[G1722]glory[G1391].