1 Tim. 3
								:1
						
					
						3:1
aFaithful is the word: If anyone 
1aspires to the 
2overseership, he desires a good work.				
 
				
					
						
							1 Tim. 3
								:4
						
					
						3:4
One who 
1amanages well his own house, having 
his children in subjection with all 
2bgravity				 
				
					
						
							1 Tim. 3
								:5
						
					
						3:5
(But if one does not know how to manage his own house, how will he care for the 
achurch of God?);				
 
				
					
						
							1 Tim. 3
								:6
						
					
						3:6
Not a 
1new convert, lest being 
2ablinded with pride he fall into the 
3judgment suffered by the devil.				
 
				
					
						
							1 Tim. 3
								:7
						
					
						3:7
And he also must have a 
1agood testimony from 
2those outside, that he may not fall into reproach and the 
3bsnare of the 
4devil.				
 
				
					
						
							1 Tim. 3
								:12
						
					
						3:12
Deacons must be 
1husbands of 
aone wife, 
2bmanaging their children and their own houses well.				
 
				
					
						
							1 Tim. 3
								:13
						
					
						3:13
For those who have 
1ministered well obtain for themselves a 
2good standing and 
3much boldness in 
afaith, which is in Christ Jesus.				
 
					
					
						
							1 Tim. 3
								:14
						
					
						3:14
These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly.				
 
				
					
						
							1 Tim. 3
								:15
						
					
						3:15
But if I delay, I write that you may know 
1how one ought to conduct himself in the 
2ahouse of God, which is the 
bchurch of the 
3cliving God, the 
4dpillar and base of the 
5etruth.