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|1 Timóteo 3:1|
This is a true saying, A man desiring the position of a Bishop has a desire for a good work.
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2
|1 Timóteo 3:2|
The Bishop, then, is to be a man of good name, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, serious-minded, having respect for order, opening his house freely to guests, a ready teacher;
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3
|1 Timóteo 3:3|
Not quickly moved to wrath or blows, but gentle; no fighter, no lover of money;
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4
|1 Timóteo 3:4|
Ruling his house well, having his children under control with all serious behaviour;
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5
|1 Timóteo 3:5|
(For if a man has not the art of ruling his house, how will he take care of the church of God?)
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6
|1 Timóteo 3:6|
Not one newly taken into the church, for fear that, through his high opinion of himself, he may come into the same sin as the Evil One.
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7
|1 Timóteo 3:7|
And he is to have a good name among those outside the church, so that nothing may be said against him and he may not be taken by the designs of the Evil One.
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8
|1 Timóteo 3:8|
Deacons, in the same way, are to be serious in their behaviour, not false in word, not given to taking much wine or greatly desiring the wealth of this world;
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9
|1 Timóteo 3:9|
Keeping the secret of the faith in a heart free from sin.
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10
|1 Timóteo 3:10|
And let these first be put to the test; then let them become Deacons if there is nothing against them.
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