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<a href ="../1_peter/5.htm">1 Peter 5:1–4</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><i>It is</i> certain, if any one is desirous of the episcopal office, he desireth a good work. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of <i>but</i> one wife, sober, prudent, grave, <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>hospitable, able to teach, not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of sordid gain, moderate, not quarrelsome, <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>not covetous, governing his own family well, having his children in subjection with all gravity; <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>(for if any <i>one</i> know not how to govern his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>not one newly converted, least being puffed up he fall into the condemnation of the devil. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>He ought also to have an honorable testimony from those that are without, least he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.<p> <A name="9"></a><p class="hdg">Qualifications for Deacons<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../acts/6.htm">Acts 6:1–7</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The deacons <i>should</i> likewise <i>be</i> grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of base gain, <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>(And let these also first be proved, then let them take the office of deacons, if they be <i>found</i> blameless.) <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><i>And their</i> wives likewise grave, not slanderers, sober, <i>and</i> faithful in all <i>things.</i> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Let the deacons <i>too</i> be husbands of one wife <i>only,</i> governing their children and their own houses well. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>For they, that discharge the office of a deacon well, gain to themselves a good degree <i>of honor,</i> and much freedom in <i>promoting</i> the faith that is in Christ Jesus.<p> <A name="15"></a><p class="hdg">The Mystery of Godliness<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>These things I write unto thee, hoping to come to thee shortly. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But if I <i>should</i> be retarded, that thou mayst know how thou oughtest to behave in the house of God, the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in <i>the</i> flesh, justified in <i>the</i> Spirit, seen by angels, preached among the Gentiles, believed on in the world, <i>and</i> received up into glory.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Worsley's New Testament (1770)<br><br>Digital Text Courtesy <a href="https://theword.net">TheWord.net Bible Software</a>.<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</a>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../1_timothy/2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Timothy 2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Timothy 2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../1_timothy/4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Timothy 4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Timothy 4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>