1 Timothy 3
About 1 Timothy 1 Timothy is Paul's guidance to a young leader about sound teaching, worship and church leadership.
1This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.Selected1 Timothy 3:1Ask
2A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;Selected1 Timothy 3:2Ask
3Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;Selected1 Timothy 3:3Ask
4One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;Selected1 Timothy 3:4Ask
5(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)Selected1 Timothy 3:5Ask
6Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.Selected1 Timothy 3:6Ask
7Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.Selected1 Timothy 3:7Ask
8Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;Selected1 Timothy 3:8Ask
9Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.Selected1 Timothy 3:9Ask
10And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.Selected1 Timothy 3:10Ask
11Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.Selected1 Timothy 3:11Ask
12Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.Selected1 Timothy 3:12Ask
13For 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.Selected1 Timothy 3:13Ask
14These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:Selected1 Timothy 3:14Ask
15But 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.Selected1 Timothy 3:15Ask
16And 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.Selected1 Timothy 3:16Ask
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