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3:1 It is a trustworthy statement: if any man aspires to the office of overseer, it is a fine work he desires [to do]. 3:2 An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, prudent, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, 3:3 not addicted to wine or pugnacious, but gentle, uncontentious, free from the love of money. 3:4 [He must be] one who manages his own household well, keeping his children under control with all dignity 3:5 (but if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?); 3:6 [and] not a new convert, lest he become conceited and fall into the condemnation incurred by the devil. 3:7 And he must have a good reputation with those outside [the church], so that he may not fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. 3:8 Deacons likewise [must be] men of dignity, not double-tongued, or addicted to much wine or fond of sordid gain, 3:9 [but] holding to the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience. 3:10 And let these also first be tested; then let them serve as deacons if they are beyond reproach. 3:11 Women [must] likewise [be] dignified, not malicious gossips, but temperate, faithful in all things. 3:12 Let deacons be husbands of [only] one wife, [and] good managers of [their] children and their own households. 3:13 For those who have served well as deacons obtain for themselves a high standing and great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus. 3:14 I am writing these things to you, hoping to come to you before long; 3:15 but in case I am delayed, [I write] so that you may know how one ought to conduct himself in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth. 3:16 And by common confession great is the mystery of godliness: He who was revealed in the flesh, Was vindicated in the Spirit, Beheld by angels, Proclaimed among the nations, Believed on in the world, Taken up in glory.