Thematic Bible
1 Timothy 3:1 (show verse)
This is a true saying: If any desires the office of a bishop, he desires a good work.
1 Timothy 3:2 (show verse)
A bishop, then, must be blame less, the husband of one wife, watchful, soberminded, modest, hospitable, able to teach,
1 Timothy 3:3 (show verse)
not fond of wine, not quarrelsome, not one who makes money by base means; but gentle, not contentious, not covetous;
1 Timothy 3:4 (show verse)
one that rules his own house well; having his children in subjection with all gravity:
1 Timothy 3:5 (show verse)
for if a man knows not how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?
1 Timothy 3:6 (show verse)
Not a new convert, lest, having become conceited, he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
1 Timothy 3:7 (show verse)
Further, he must have a good reputation from those who are without, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
1 Timothy 3:8 (show verse)
The deacons, likewise, must be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not makers of money by base means,
1 Timothy 3:9 (show verse)
holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
1 Timothy 3:10 (show verse)
And let these also be first proved, then let them become deacons, being blameless.
1 Timothy 3:11 (show verse)
Their wives likewise must be grave, not slanderers, watchful, faithful in all things.
1 Timothy 3:12 (show verse)
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
1 Timothy 3:13 (show verse)
For those who have filled the office of a deacon well, gain for themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.
1 Timothy 3:14 (show verse)
I write these things to you, hoping to come to you shortly;
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1 Timothy 3:15 (show verse)
but if I delay, that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth.
1 Timothy 3:16 (show verse)
And confessedly great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in flesh, justified in spirit, seen by angels, preached among the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up in glory.