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