23 lines
1.8 KiB
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23 lines
1.8 KiB
Markdown
# Chapter 3
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1 The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task.
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2 Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
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3 not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.
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4 He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive,
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5 for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God's church?
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6 He must not be a recent convert, or he may become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil.
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7 Moreover, he must be well thought of by outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace, into a snare of the devil.
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8 Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for dishonest gain.
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9 They must hold the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience.
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10 And let them also be tested first; then let them serve as deacons if they prove themselves blameless.
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11 Their wives likewise must be dignified, not slanderers, but sober-minded, faithful in all things.
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12 Let deacons each be the husband of one wife, managing their children and their own households well.
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13 For those who serve well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and also great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.
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14 I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these things to you so that,
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15 if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth.
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16 Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness:
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He was manifested in the flesh,
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vindicated by the Spirit,
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seen by angels,
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proclaimed among the nations,
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believed on in the world,
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taken up in glory. |