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title: "Abbott"
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**Verse 1**
*A bishop;* literally, an *overseer,* an officer holding a general charge and superintendence in respect to the affairs of the church, with powers and duties adapted, in many respects, doubtless, to the peculiar circumstances and habits of the times.

**Verse 2**
*The husband of one wife;* chaste.

**Verse 3**
*Greedy of filthy lucre;* eager after gain.

**Verse 6**
*Not a novice;* not a very recent convert to Christianity.

**Verse 7**
*Of them which are without;* of the people of the world in general.

**Verse 8**
*Not double-tongued;* that is, they must be honest and sincere.

**Verse 9**
*The mystery of the faith;* the gospel,--often spoken of as a mystery, on account of its having been long withheld from the knowledge of mankind.

**Verse 10**
*Let these also first be proved;* by time. As in the case of bishops, ([1 Timothy 3:6](../../../kjv/1-timothy/3/6),) they should not be novices.

**Verse 12**
*Husbands of one wife;* chaste.--*Houses;* families.

**Verse 13**
*A good degree;* a good standing and estimation.

**Verse 15**
*In the house of God;* in the church,--as is immediately indicated.--*Ground;* foundation.

**Verse 16**
*Manifest in the flesh;* in the person of Christ. ([John 1:1](../../../kjv/john/1/1),[John 1:14](../../../kjv/john/1/14).) *Justified in;* vindicated by.

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