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