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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>1 Timothy 3 BLB</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/1_timothy/3.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap//1_timothy/3-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">BLB</a> > 1 Timothy 3</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/berean/1_timothy/3.htm" width="100%" height="32" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_timothy/2.htm" title="1 Timothy 2">◄</a> 1 Timothy 3 <a href="../1_timothy/4.htm" title="1 Timothy 4">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Berean Literal Bible</div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Qualifications for Overseers</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Trustworthy <i>is</i> the saying: If anyone aspires to overseership, he is desirous of a good work. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Therefore it behooves the overseer to be above reproach, <i>the</i> husband of one wife, sober, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>not given to wine, not a striker, but gentle, peaceable, not loving money, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>managing the own house well, having children in submission, with all dignity— <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>but if one does not know how to manage the own household, <i>how</i> will he care for <i>the</i> church of God?— <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>not a novice, lest having been puffed up, he might fall into <i>the</i> judgment of the devil. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And it behooves <i>him</i> also to have a good testimony from those outside, so that he might not fall into reproach and <i>the</i> snare of the devil. </p><p class="hdg">Qualifications for Deacons<br /><span class="cross">(Acts 6:1-7)</span></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Deacons likewise <i>must be</i> dignified, not double-tongued, not being given to much wine, not greedy of dishonest gain, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>holding to the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And these also, let them be tested first; then let them serve, being blameless. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Women<span class="fn"><a href="#fna" title="Or ‘their wives’">a</a></span> likewise <i>must be</i> dignified, not slanderers, clear-minded, faithful in all things. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Let deacons be husbands of one wife, managing the children and the own households well. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>For those having served well acquire a good standing for themselves and great confidence in <i>the</i> faith that <i>is</i> in Christ Jesus. </p><p class="hdg">The Mystery of Godliness</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I am writing these things to you, hoping to come to you in a short time, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>but if I should delay, so that you may know how it behooves <i>one</i> to conduct oneself in <i>the</i> household of God, which is <i>the</i> church of <i>the</i> living God, <i>the</i> pillar and base of the truth. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And confessedly, great is the mystery of godliness:</p><p class="indent1stline"> Who was revealed in <i>the</i> flesh,</p><p class="indent2"> was justified in <i>the</i> Spirit,<span class="fn"><a href="#fnb" title="Or ‘justified in spirit’">b</a></span></p><p class="indent1"> was seen by angels,</p><p class="indent2"> was proclaimed among <i>the</i> nations,</p><p class="indent1"> was believed on in <i>the</i> world,</p><p class="indent2"> was taken up in glory.<A name="fn"><br /><br /></p><A name="fna"></a><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">11</span> <span class="footnote">Or <i>their wives</i></span><br /><A name="fnb"></a><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnote">Or <i>justified in spirit</i></span><br /><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible<br /><a href="//berean.bible">www.Berean.Bible</a><br /><br /><a href="//literalbible.com">Berean Literal Bible (BLB)</a><br />© 2016 by <a href="//biblehub.com">Bible Hub</a> and <a href="//berean.bible">Berean.Bible</a><br />Used by Permission. 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