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<span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/1_timothy/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>not a drunkard, not violent, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money; <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/1_timothy/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence; <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/1_timothy/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>(but if someone does not know how to manage his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?) <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/1_timothy/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil. <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/1_timothy/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into disgrace and the trap of the devil.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/1_timothy/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Deacons, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not devoted to a lot of wine, not greedy for money; <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/1_timothy/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/1_timothy/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Let them also first be tested; then let them serve as deacons, if they are blamesless. <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/1_timothy/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things. <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/1_timothy/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/1_timothy/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>For those who have served well as deacons gain for themselves a good standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/1_timothy/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly; <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/1_timothy/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>but if I wait long, that you may know how people ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/1_timothy/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: He was revealed in the flesh, justified by the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory.<p></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><a href="//nheb.net/">New Heart English Bible</a><br />Edited by Wayne A. 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