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1 This
is a faithful saying: If a man desires the position
of a bishop, he desires a good work. 2 A bishop then
must be blameless, the husband of one wife,
temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior,
hospitable, able to teach; 3 not given to wine, not
violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not
quarrelsome, not covetous; 4 one who rules his own
house well, having his children in submission with
all reverence 5 (for if a man does not know how to
rule his own house, how will he take care of the
church of God?); 6 not a novice, lest being puffed
up with pride he fall into the same condemnation as
the devil. 7 Moreover he must have a good testimony
among those who are outside, lest he fall into
reproach and the snare of the devil.
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Likewise deacons must be reverent, not
double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy
for money, 9 holding the mystery of the faith with a
pure conscience. 10 But let these also first be
tested; then let them serve as deacons, being found
blameless. 11 Likewise, their wives must be
reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all
things. 12 Let deacons be the husbands of one wife,
ruling their children and their own houses well. I Timothy 3:8-12
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