The KJV Bible With Strong's References:
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1 Timothy 3
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- 3:1 This is a
true
saying, If a
man
desire the office of a
bishop, he
desireth a
good
work.
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- 3:2 A
bishop
then
must
be
blameless, the
husband of
one
wife,
vigilant,
sober, of good
behaviour, given to
hospitality, apt to
teach;
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- 3:3
Not given to
wine,
no
striker,
not greedy of filthy
lucre;
but
patient, not a
brawler, not
covetous;
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- 3:4 One that
ruleth
well his
own
house,
having his
children
in
subjection
with
all
gravity;
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- 3:5
(For if a
man
know
not
how to
rule his
own
house,
how shall he take care
of the
church of
God?)
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- 3:6
Not a
novice,
lest being lifted up with
pride he
fall
into the
condemnation of the
devil.
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- 3:7
Moreover
*
he
must
have a
good
report
of them which are
without;
lest he
fall
into
reproach
and the
snare of the
devil.
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- 3:8
Likewise must the
deacons be
grave,
not
doubletongued,
not
given to
much
wine,
not greedy of filthy
lucre;
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- 3:9
Holding the
mystery of the
faith
in a
pure
conscience.
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- 3:10
And
let
these
also
first be
proved;
then let them use the office of a
deacon,
being found
blameless.
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- 3:11 Even
so must their
wives be
grave,
not
slanderers,
sober,
faithful
in all
things.
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- 3:12
Let the
deacons
be the
husbands of
one
wife,
ruling their
children
and their
own
houses
well.
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- 3:13
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.
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- 3:14 These
things write
I unto
thee,
hoping to
come
unto
thee
shortly:
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- 3:15
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.
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- 3:16
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.
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