<vn='1'>This is a <sn="4103">true</s><sn="3056">saying</s>, If a <sn="1536">man</s><sn="3713">desire</s> the office of a <sn="1984">bishop</s>, he <sn="1937">desireth</s> a <sn="2570">good</s><sn="2041">work</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>A <sn="1985">bishop</s><sn="3767">then</s><sn="1163">must</s><sn="1511">be</s><sn="423">blameless</s>, the <sn="435">husband</s> of <sn="3391">one</s><sn="1135">wife</s>, <sn="3524">vigilant</s>, <sn="4998">sober</s>, of good <sn="2887">behavior</s>, given to <sn="5382">hospitality</s>, apt to <sn="1317">teach</s>; </v>
<vn='3'><sn="3361">Not</s> given to <sn="3943">wine</s>, <sn="3361">no</s><sn="4131">striker</s>, <sn="3361">not</s> greedy of filthy <sn="146">lucre</s>; <sn="235">but</s><sn="1933">patient</s>, not a <sn="269">brawler</s>, not <sn="866">covetous</s>; </v>
<vn='4'>One that <sn="4291">ruleth</s><sn="2573">well</s> his <sn="2398">own</s><sn="3624">house</s>, <sn="2192">having</s> his <sn="5043">children</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5292">subjection</s><sn="3326">with</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="4587">gravity</s>; </v>
<vn='5'>( <sn="1161">For</s><sn="1487">if</s> a <sn="5100">man</s><sn="1492">know</s><sn="3756">not</s> how to <sn="4291">rule</s> his <sn="2398">own</s><sn="3624">house</s>, <sn="4459">how</s> shall he take care <sn="1959">of</s> the <sn="1577">church</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>?) </v>
<vn='6'><sn="3361">Not</s> a <sn="3504">novice</s>, <sn="3363">lest</s> being lifted up with <sn="5187">pride</s> he <sn="1706">fall</s><sn="1519">into</s> the <sn="2917">condemnation</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1228">devil</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="1161">Moreover</s><sn="846">he</s><sn="1163 *2532">must</s><sn="2192">have</s> a <sn="2570">good</s><sn="3141">report</s><sn="575">of</s> them which are <sn="1855">without</s>; <sn="3363">lest</s> he <sn="1706">fall</s><sn="1519">into</s><sn="3680">reproach</s><sn="2532">and</s> the <sn="3803">snare</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1228">devil</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="5615">Likewise</s> must the <sn="1249">deacons</s> be <sn="4586">grave</s>, <sn="3361">not</s><sn="1351">doubletongued</s>, <sn="3361">not</s><sn="4337">given</s> to <sn="4183">much</s><sn="3631">wine</s>, <sn="3361">not</s> greedy of filthy <sn="146">lucre</s>; </v>
<vn='9'><sn="2192">Holding</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3466">mystery</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="4102">faith</s><sn="1722">in</s> a <sn="2513">pure</s><sn="4893">conscience</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="2532">And</s> let <sn="3778">these</s><sn="1161">also</s><sn="4412">first</s> be <sn="1381">proved</s>; <sn="1534">then</s> let them use the office of a <sn="1247">deacon</s>, <sn="5607">being</s> found <sn="410">blameless</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>Even <sn="5615">so</s> must their <sn="1135">wives</s> be <sn="4586">grave</s>, <sn="3361">not</s><sn="1228">slanderers</s>, <sn="3524">sober</s>, <sn="4103">faithful</s><sn="1722">in</s> all <sn="3956">things</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>Let the <sn="1249">deacons</s><sn="2077">be</s> the <sn="435">husbands</s> of <sn="3391">one</s><sn="1135">wife</s>, <sn="4291">ruling</s> their <sn="5043">children</s><sn="2532">and</s> their <sn="2398">own</s><sn="3624">houses</s><sn="2573">well</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="1063">For</s> they that have used the office of a <sn="1247">deacon</s><sn="2573">well</s><sn="4046">purchase</s> to <sn="1438">themselves</s> a <sn="2570">good</s><sn="898">degree</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="4183">great</s><sn="3954">boldness</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="4102">faith</s><sn="3588">which</s> is <sn="1722">in</s><sn="5547">Christ</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>These <sn="5023">things</s><sn="1125">write</s> I unto <sn="4671">thee</s>, <sn="1679">hoping</s> to <sn="2064">come</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="4571">thee</s><sn="5032">shortly</s>: </v>
<vn='15'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="1437">if</s> I tarry <sn="1019">long</s>, <sn="2443">that</s> thou mayest <sn="1492">know</s><sn="4459">how</s> thou <sn="1163">oughtest</s> to behave <sn="390">thyself</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="3624">house</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>, <sn="3748">which</s><sn="2076">is</s> the <sn="1577">church</s> of the <sn="2198">living</s><sn="2316">God</s>, the <sn="4769">pillar</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="1477">ground</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="225">truth</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="2532">And</s> without <sn="3672">controversy</s><sn="3173">great</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3466">mystery</s> of <sn="2150">godliness</s>: <sn="2316">God</s> was <sn="5319">manifest</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="4561">flesh</s>, <sn="1344">justified</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="4151">Spirit</s>, <sn="3700">seen</s> of <sn="32">angels</s>, <sn="2784">preached</s><sn="1722">unto</s> the <sn="1484">Gentiles</s>, believed <sn="4100">on</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="2889">world</s>, received <sn="353">up</s><sn="1722">into</s><sn="1391">glory</s>. </v>