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So I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or dispute.
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Conduct of Women
Likewise the women are to dress in suitable apparel, with modesty and self-control. Their adornment must not be with braided hair and gold or pearls or expensive clothing,
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but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess reverence for God.
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A woman must learn quietly with all submissiveness.
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But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man. She must remain quiet.
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And Adam was not deceived, but the woman, because she was fully deceived, fell into transgression.
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But she will be delivered through childbearing, if she continues in faith and love and holiness with self-control.
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Qualifications for Overseers and Deacons
This saying is trustworthy: “If someone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a good work.”
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not a drunkard, not violent, but gentle, not contentious, free from the love of money.
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He must manage his own household well and keep his children in control without losing his dignity.
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But if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for the church of God?
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He must not be a recent convert or he may become arrogant and fall into the punishment that the devil will exact.
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And he must be well thought of by those outside the faith, so that he may not fall into disgrace and be caught by the devil’s trap.
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Deacons likewise must be dignified, not two-faced, not given to excessive drinking, not greedy for gain,
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holding to the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience.
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And these also must be tested first and then let them serve as deacons if they are found blameless.
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Likewise also their wives must be dignified, not slanderous, temperate, faithful in every respect.
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For those who have served well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and great boldness in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.
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Conduct in God’s Church
I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these instructions to you
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in case I am delayed, to let you know how people ought to conduct themselves in the household of God, because it is the church of the living God, the support and bulwark of the truth.
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And we all agree, our religion contains amazing revelation: He was revealed in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among Gentiles, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.
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Timothy’s Ministry in the Later Times
Now the Spirit explicitly says that in the later times some will desert the faith and occupy themselves with deceiving spirits and demonic teachings,
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influenced by the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared.
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They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
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For every creation of God is good and no food is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.