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  <book number='54' name='' abbreviation='1Tim' testament='new'>
    <chapter number='3'>
      <verse number='1'>This <em> is </em>a <strongs number="4103">true</strongs><strongs number="3056">saying</strongs>, If a <strongs number="1536">man</strongs><strongs number="3713">desire</strongs>the office of a <strongs number="1984">bishop</strongs>, he <strongs number="1937">desireth</strongs>a <strongs number="2570">good</strongs><strongs number="2041">work</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='2'>A <strongs number="1985">bishop</strongs><strongs number="3767">then</strongs><strongs number="1163">must</strongs><strongs number="1511">be</strongs><strongs number="423">blameless</strongs>, the <strongs number="435">husband</strongs>of <strongs number="3391">one</strongs><strongs number="1135">wife</strongs>, <strongs number="3524">vigilant</strongs>, <strongs number="4998">sober</strongs>, of good <strongs number="2887">behavior</strongs>, given to <strongs number="5382">hospitality</strongs>, apt to <strongs number="1317">teach</strongs>; </verse>
      <verse number='3'><strongs number="3361">Not</strongs>given to <strongs number="3943">wine</strongs>, <strongs number="3361">no</strongs><strongs number="4131">striker</strongs>, <strongs number="3361">not</strongs>greedy of filthy <strongs number="146">lucre</strongs>; <strongs number="235">but</strongs><strongs number="1933">patient</strongs>, not a <strongs number="269">brawler</strongs>, not <strongs number="866">covetous</strongs>; </verse>
      <verse number='4'>One that <strongs number="4291">ruleth</strongs><strongs number="2573">well</strongs>his <strongs number="2398">own</strongs><strongs number="3624">house</strongs>, <strongs number="2192">having</strongs>his <strongs number="5043">children</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="5292">subjection</strongs><strongs number="3326">with</strongs><strongs number="3956">all</strongs><strongs number="4587">gravity</strongs>; </verse>
      <verse number='5'>( <strongs number="1161">For</strongs><strongs number="1487">if</strongs>a <strongs number="5100">man</strongs><strongs number="1492">know</strongs><strongs number="3756">not</strongs>how to <strongs number="4291">rule</strongs>his <strongs number="2398">own</strongs><strongs number="3624">house</strongs>, <strongs number="4459">how</strongs>shall he take care <strongs number="1959">of</strongs>the <strongs number="1577">church</strongs>of <strongs number="2316">God</strongs>?) </verse>
      <verse number='6'><strongs number="3361">Not</strongs>a <strongs number="3504">novice</strongs>, <strongs number="3363">lest</strongs>being lifted up with <strongs number="5187">pride</strongs>he <strongs number="1706">fall</strongs><strongs number="1519">into</strongs>the <strongs number="2917">condemnation</strongs>of <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="1228">devil</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='7'><strongs number="1161">Moreover</strongs><strongs number="846">he</strongs><strongs number="1163 *2532">must</strongs><strongs number="2192">have</strongs>a <strongs number="2570">good</strongs><strongs number="3141">report</strongs><strongs number="575">of</strongs>them which are <strongs number="1855">without</strongs>; <strongs number="3363">lest</strongs>he <strongs number="1706">fall</strongs><strongs number="1519">into</strongs><strongs number="3680">reproach</strongs><strongs number="2532">and</strongs>the <strongs number="3803">snare</strongs>of <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="1228">devil</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='8'><strongs number="5615">Likewise</strongs><em> must </em>the <strongs number="1249">deacons</strongs><em> be </em><strongs number="4586">grave</strongs>, <strongs number="3361">not</strongs><strongs number="1351">doubletongued</strongs>, <strongs number="3361">not</strongs><strongs number="4337">given</strongs>to <strongs number="4183">much</strongs><strongs number="3631">wine</strongs>, <strongs number="3361">not</strongs>greedy of filthy <strongs number="146">lucre</strongs>; </verse>
      <verse number='9'><strongs number="2192">Holding</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="3466">mystery</strongs>of <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="4102">faith</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs>a <strongs number="2513">pure</strongs><strongs number="4893">conscience</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='10'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs>let <strongs number="3778">these</strongs><strongs number="1161">also</strongs><strongs number="4412">first</strongs>be <strongs number="1381">proved</strongs>; <strongs number="1534">then</strongs>let them use the office of a <strongs number="1247">deacon</strongs>, <strongs number="5607">being</strongs><em> found </em><strongs number="410">blameless</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='11'>Even <strongs number="5615">so</strongs><em> must </em><em> their </em><strongs number="1135">wives</strongs><em> be </em><strongs number="4586">grave</strongs>, <strongs number="3361">not</strongs><strongs number="1228">slanderers</strongs>, <strongs number="3524">sober</strongs>, <strongs number="4103">faithful</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs>all <strongs number="3956">things</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='12'>Let the <strongs number="1249">deacons</strongs><strongs number="2077">be</strongs>the <strongs number="435">husbands</strongs>of <strongs number="3391">one</strongs><strongs number="1135">wife</strongs>, <strongs number="4291">ruling</strongs>their <strongs number="5043">children</strongs><strongs number="2532">and</strongs>their <strongs number="2398">own</strongs><strongs number="3624">houses</strongs><strongs number="2573">well</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='13'><strongs number="1063">For</strongs>they that have used the office of a <strongs number="1247">deacon</strongs><strongs number="2573">well</strongs><strongs number="4046">purchase</strongs>to <strongs number="1438">themselves</strongs>a <strongs number="2570">good</strongs><strongs number="898">degree</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="4183">great</strongs><strongs number="3954">boldness</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs>the <strongs number="4102">faith</strongs><strongs number="3588">which</strongs>is <strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="5547">Christ</strongs><strongs number="2424">Jesus</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='14'>These <strongs number="5023">things</strongs><strongs number="1125">write</strongs>I unto <strongs number="4671">thee</strongs>, <strongs number="1679">hoping</strongs>to <strongs number="2064">come</strongs><strongs number="4314">unto</strongs><strongs number="4571">thee</strongs><strongs number="5032">shortly</strongs>: </verse>
      <verse number='15'><strongs number="1161">But</strongs><strongs number="1437">if</strongs>I tarry <strongs number="1019">long</strongs>, <strongs number="2443">that</strongs>thou mayest <strongs number="1492">know</strongs><strongs number="4459">how</strongs>thou <strongs number="1163">oughtest</strongs>to behave <strongs number="390">thyself</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs>the <strongs number="3624">house</strongs>of <strongs number="2316">God</strongs>, <strongs number="3748">which</strongs><strongs number="2076">is</strongs>the <strongs number="1577">church</strongs>of the <strongs number="2198">living</strongs><strongs number="2316">God</strongs>, the <strongs number="4769">pillar</strongs><strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="1477">ground</strongs>of <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="225">truth</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='16'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs>without <strongs number="3672">controversy</strongs><strongs number="3173">great</strongs><strongs number="2076">is</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="3466">mystery</strongs>of <strongs number="2150">godliness</strongs>: <strongs number="2316">God</strongs>was <strongs number="5319">manifest</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs>the <strongs number="4561">flesh</strongs>, <strongs number="1344">justified</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs>the <strongs number="4151">Spirit</strongs>, <strongs number="3700">seen</strongs>of <strongs number="32">angels</strongs>, <strongs number="2784">preached</strongs><strongs number="1722">unto</strongs>the <strongs number="1484">Gentiles</strongs>, believed <strongs number="4100">on</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs>the <strongs number="2889">world</strongs>, received <strongs number="353">up</strongs><strongs number="1722">into</strongs><strongs number="1391">glory</strongs>. </verse>
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