1 Timothy 3
3
Qualifications of Church Leaders
1This saying is trustworthy: # “This saying is trustworthy” could refer to 1Tm 2:15. # 1Tm 1:15; 4:9 “If anyone aspires to be an overseer, # Ac 20:28; Php 1:1; Ti 1:7 he desires a noble work.” 2An overseer, # Ti 1:6-8 therefore, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, sensible, # Ti 2:2,5 respectable, hospitable, # Lv 19:34; 1Pt 4:9; 2Jn 10 an able teacher, # Or hospitable, skillful in teaching 3not addicted to wine, not a bully but gentle, not quarrelsome, not greedy # 1Tm 6:10 — 4one who manages his own household competently, having his children under control with all dignity. 5(If anyone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of God’s church?) 6He must not be a new convert, or he might become conceited and fall into the condemnation of the Devil. # 1Tm 5:12; 2Pt 2:3; Rv 20:1-15 7Furthermore, he must have a good reputation among outsiders, so that he does not fall into disgrace and the Devil’s # Ac 13:10 trap.
8Deacons, # Php 1:1 likewise, should be worthy of respect, not hypocritical, not drinking a lot of wine, not greedy for money, 9holding the mystery of the faith # Php 1:27; 1Tm 1:2,19; Jd 3 with a clear conscience. # Heb 13:18 10And they must also be tested first; if they prove blameless, then they can serve as deacons. 11Wives, # 1Pt 3:1-6 too, must be worthy of respect, not slanderers, self-controlled, # Ti 2:2 faithful in everything. 12Deacons must be husbands of one wife, managing their children and their own households competently. 13For those who have served well as deacons acquire a good standing for themselves, and great boldness in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.
The Mystery of Godliness
14I write these things to you, hoping to come # 1Tm 4:13 to you soon. 15But if I should be delayed, I have written so that you will know how people ought to act in God’s household, # 1Co 3:16; 2Co 6:16; Eph 2:21-22; 1Pt 2:5; 4:17 which is the church of the living God, # Mt 16:16; 1Tm 4:10 the pillar and foundation of the truth. # Ps 119:142; 2Co 11:10; 2Th 2:10 16And most certainly, the mystery of godliness # 2Pt 1:3 is great:
He # Other mss read God was manifested in the flesh, # Jn 1:14; Php 2:7; 1Jn 4:2; 5:20
vindicated in the Spirit, # Rm 1:3-4; 2:28-29; 7:5-6; 8:4; 1Co 5:5; 6:16-17; Gl 3:3; 4:29; 5:16-24; 6:8; Php 3:3; Col 2:5; Rv 1:10
seen by angels,
preached among the nations,
believed # Mt 11:24; Jn 3:16; Ac 10:43; Rm 10:9; 1Pt 1:8-10 on in the world,
taken up in glory. # Mk 16:19; Jn 20:17; 1Pt 3:22
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1 Timothy 3
3
1Stedfast [is] the word: If any one the oversight doth long for, a right work he desireth;
2it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,
3not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre, but gentle, not contentious, not a lover of money,
4his own house leading well, having children in subjection with all gravity,
5(and if any one his own house [how] to lead hath not known, how an assembly of God shall he take care of?)
6not a new convert, lest having been puffed up he may fall to a judgment of the devil;
7and it behoveth him also to have a good testimony from those without, that he may not fall into reproach and a snare of the devil.
8Ministrants — in like manner grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not given to filthy lucre,
9having the secret of the faith in a pure conscience,
10and let these also first be proved, then let them minister, being unblameable.
11Women — in like manner grave, not false accusers, vigilant, faithful in all things.
12Ministrants — let them be of one wife husbands; the children leading well, and their own houses,
13for those who did minister well a good step to themselves do acquire, and much boldness in faith that [is] in Christ Jesus.
14These things I write to thee, hoping to come unto thee soon,
15and if I delay, that thou mayest know how it behoveth [thee] to conduct thyself in the house of God, which is an assembly of the living God — a pillar and foundation of the truth,
16and, confessedly, great is the secret of piety — God was manifested in flesh, declared righteous in spirit, seen by messengers, preached among nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory!
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