1 Timothy 3 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Overseers and Deacons

1Ti 3:1The saying is sure: If any one aspires to the office of bishop, he desires a noble task.

1Ti 3:2Now a bishop must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, dignified, hospitable, an apt teacher,

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1Ti 3:3no drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, and no lover of money.

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1Ti 3:4He must manage his own household well, keeping his children submissive and respectful in every way;

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1Ti 3:5for if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for God's church?

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1Ti 3:6He must not be a recent convert, or he may be puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil;

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1Ti 3:7moreover he must be well thought of by outsiders, or he may fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

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1Ti 3:8Deacons likewise must be serious, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for gain;

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1Ti 3:9they must hold the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience.

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1Ti 3:10And let them also be tested first; then if they prove themselves blameless let them serve as deacons.

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1Ti 3:11The women likewise must be serious, no slanderers, but temperate, faithful in all things.

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1Ti 3:12Let deacons be the husband of one wife, and let them manage their children and their households well;

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1Ti 3:13for those who serve well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and also great confidence in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

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1Ti 3:14I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these instructions to you so that,

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1Ti 3:15if I am delayed, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and bulwark of the truth.

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1Ti 3:16Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of our religion: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.

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1 Timothy 3 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Overseers and Deacons

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