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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1This saying is trustworthy: "If someone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a good work." |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2The overseer then must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, an able teacher, |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3not a drunkard, not violent, but gentle, not contentious, free from the love of money. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4He must manage his own household well and keep his children in control without losing his dignity. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5But if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for the church of God? |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6He must not be a recent convert or he may become arrogant and fall into the punishment that the devil will exact. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7And he must be well thought of by those outside the faith, so that he may not fall into disgrace and be caught by the devil's trap. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Deacons likewise must be dignified, not two-faced, not given to excessive drinking, not greedy for gain, |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9holding to the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10And these also must be tested first and then let them serve as deacons if they are found blameless. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Likewise also their wives must be dignified, not slanderous, temperate, faithful in every respect. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Deacons must be husbands of one wife and good managers of their children and their own households. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13For those who have served well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and great boldness in the faith that is in Christ Jesus. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these instructions to you |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15in case I am delayed, to let you know how people ought to conduct themselves in the household of God, because it is the church of the living God, the support and bulwark of the truth. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16And we all agree, our religion contains amazing revelation: He was revealed in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among Gentiles, believed on in the world, taken up in glory. |
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