For those who have served well as deacons obtain for themselves a high standing and great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.

By common confession, great is the mystery of godliness:
He who was revealed in the flesh,
Was vindicated in the Spirit,
Seen by angels,
Proclaimed among the nations,
Believed on in the world,
Taken up in glory.

But godliness actually is a means of great gain when accompanied by contentment.

O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you, avoiding worldly and empty chatter and the opposing arguments of what is falsely called “knowledge”—