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1 Timothy 3:1-3
Christian Standard Bible
1 Timothy 3:1-3
Christian Standard Bible
Qualifications for Overseers and Deacons
3 This saying is trustworthy:(A) “If anyone aspires to be an overseer,[a](B) he desires a noble work.” 2 An overseer,(C) therefore, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, sensible,(D) respectable, hospitable,(E) able to teach, 3 not an excessive drinker, not a bully but gentle, not quarrelsome, not greedy.(F)
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- 3:1 Or bishop, or pastor
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