54_1TI_03_01 this [ Is] A true saying, if A man desire the office of A bishop, he desireth A good work.
54_1TI_03_02 A bishop Then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
54_1TI_03_03 not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not A brawler, not covetous;
54_1TI_03_04 one that ruleth Well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
54_1TI_03_05 [ for if A man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?]
54_1TI_03_06 not A novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
54_1TI_03_07 moreover he must have A good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach And the snare of the devil.
54_1TI_03_08 Likewise [ must] the deacons [ be] grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
54_1TI_03_09 holding the mystery of the faith in A pure conscience.
54_1TI_03_10 And let These also first be proved; Then let them use the office of A deacon, being [ found] blameless.
54_1TI_03_11 even So [ must their] wives [ be] grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
54_1TI_03_12 let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children And their own houses Well.
54_1TI_03_13 for they that have used the office of A deacon Well purchase to themselves A good degree, And great boldness in the faith which Is in Christ Jesus.
54_1TI_03_14 These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:
54_1TI_03_15 but if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which Is the church of the living God, the pillar And ground of the truth.
54_1TI_03_16 And without controversy great Is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.