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1 Timothy 3 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:1 - This is a true saying, A man desiring the position of a Bishop has a desire for a good work.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:2 - The Bishop, then, is to be a man of good name, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, serious-minded, having respect for order, opening his house freely to guests, a ready teacher;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:3 - Not quickly moved to wrath or blows, but gentle; no fighter, no lover of money;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:4 - Ruling his house well, having his children under control with all serious behaviour;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:5 - (For if a man has not the art of ruling his house, how will he take care of the church of God?)
Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:6 - Not one newly taken into the church, for fear that, through his high opinion of himself, he may come into the same sin as the Evil One.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:7 - And he is to have a good name among those outside the church, so that nothing may be said against him and he may not be taken by the designs of the Evil One.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:8 - Deacons, in the same way, are to be serious in their behaviour, not false in word, not given to taking much wine or greatly desiring the wealth of this world;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:9 - Keeping the secret of the faith in a heart free from sin.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:10 - And let these first be put to the test; then let them become Deacons if there is nothing against them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:11 - Women are to be serious in behaviour, saying no evil of others, controlling themselves, true in all things.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:12 - Let Deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their houses well.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:13 - For those who have done good work as Deacons get for themselves a good position and become free from fear in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:14 - I am writing these things to you, though I am hoping to come to you before long;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:15 - But if I am long in coming, this will make clear to you what behaviour is right for men in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and base of what is true.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:16 - And without argument, great is the secret of religion: He who was seen in the flesh, who was given God's approval in the spirit, was seen by the angels, of whom the good news was given among the nations, in whom the world had faith, who was taken up in glory.
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The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
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