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1 Timothy 3:1
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This is a faithful saying: If a man desires the position of a bishop, he desires a good work.
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This is a faithful saying: If a man desires the position of a bishop, he desires a good work.
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A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach;
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not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;
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one who rules his own house well, having his children in submission with all reverence
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(for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?);
Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.