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Read Full Chapter (1 Timothy 3) 1 Timothy 3:1 KJV
"This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work."
1 Timothy Chapter 3, Verse 1
1 Timothy 3:1 in Context (Verses 1–4 KJV)
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This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
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A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
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Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
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One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;