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1 Timothy 3:2

Verse 2 of 16. The 3rd of 6 chapters in 1 Timothy, in The Letters of Paul.

1This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.

2A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

3Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;

4One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

5(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

6Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

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King James Version. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.