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1 THIS is a true saying, If a man desires the office of a bishop, he aspires to a good work. 2 He who becomes an bishop must be blameless, the husband of one wife, have an alert mind, must be sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, and apt at teaching; 3 Not given to wine, not a striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but meek, not a brawler; 4 One who rules well his own household, and keeps his children under submission to bring them up with all purity. 5 For if a man does not know how to rule well his own household, how shall he take care of the church of God? 1 Timothy 3:1-5, Lamsa Bible. Public domain.
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