1 Timothy 3:1-15
This [is] a true
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saying
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If a man
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the office of a bishop
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a good
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work
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A bishop
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then
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blameless
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the husband
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of one
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wife
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vigilant
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sober
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of good behaviour
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given to hospitality
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apt to teach
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{of good...: or, modest}<1317>_;
Not
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given to wine
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no
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striker
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not
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greedy of filthy lucre
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but
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patient
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not a brawler
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not covetous
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{given...: or, ready to quarrel, and offer wrong, as one in wine}<866>_;
well
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his own
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house
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his children
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in
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subjection
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with
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all
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gravity
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(For
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if a man
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not
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his own
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house
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how
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the church
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of God
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Not
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a novice
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lest
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into
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the condemnation
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of the devil
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{a novice: or, one newly come to the faith}<1228>_.
he
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<846>
a good
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report
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of
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them which are without
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lest
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into
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reproach
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<3680>
and
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the snare
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of the devil
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Likewise
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<5615>
[must] the deacons
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<1249>
[be] grave
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not
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<3361>
doubletongued
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<1351>_,
not
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<3361>
to much
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wine
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not
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<3361>
greedy of filthy lucre
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<146>_;
Even so
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[must their] wives
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<1135>
[be] grave
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not
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slanderers
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<1228>_,
sober
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faithful
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in
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all things
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<3956>_.
the deacons
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<1249>
the husbands
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<435>
of one
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<3391>
wife
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<1135>_,
their children
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<5043>
and
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<2532>
their own
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<2398>
houses
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<3624>
well
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<2573>_.
For
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<1063>
well
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<2573>
to themselves
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<1438>
a good
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<2570>
degree
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and
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great
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<4183>
boldness
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<3954>
in
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<1722>
the faith
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<4102>
which
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<3588>
is in
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<1722>
Christ
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Jesus
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{used...: or, ministered}<2424>_.