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I Timothy Chapter 3

I Timothy
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I Timothy

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The chapter calls the church to appoint elders who are blameless, full of good works, and in agreement with the teaching of the apostles. It warns against those who are lovers of money, lovers of pleasure, and uninstructed, and urges believers to be careful in their conduct and to follow the example of the apostles.

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(1) This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
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I Timothy 1:15I Timothy 4:9II Timothy 2:11Titus 3:8I Timothy 3:2I Timothy 3:3I Timothy 3:4I Timothy 3:5I Timothy 3:6I Timothy 3:7Acts 1:20Philippians 1:1

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I John 5:20

(2) A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
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Titus 1:6Titus 1:7Titus 1:8Titus 1:9I Timothy 3:10Luke 1:6Philippians 2:15I Timothy 4:3I Timothy 5:9Hebrews 3:14Isaiah 56:10I Peter 4:7

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Romans 7:2

(3) Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
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I Timothy 3:8Leviticus 10:9Isaiah 5:11Isaiah 5:12Isaiah 28:1Isaiah 28:7Isaiah 56:12Ezekiel 44:21Micah 2:11Matthew 24:45Matthew 24:46Matthew 24:47

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Mark 2:22I Timothy 3:8Titus 1:7Matthew 9:17

(4) One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
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I Timothy 3:12Genesis 18:19Joshua 24:15Psalms 101:2Psalms 101:3Psalms 101:4Psalms 101:5Psalms 101:6Psalms 101:7Psalms 101:8Acts 10:2Titus 1:6

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II Kings 4:26

(5) (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
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I Samuel 2:29I Samuel 2:30I Samuel 3:13I Timothy 3:15Acts 20:28Ephesians 1:22Ephesians 5:24Ephesians 5:32

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Judges 8:23

(6) Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
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I Corinthians 3:1Hebrews 5:12Hebrews 5:13I Peter 2:2Deuteronomy 8:14Deuteronomy 17:20II Kings 14:10II Chronicles 26:16II Chronicles 32:25Proverbs 16:18Proverbs 16:19Proverbs 18:12

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Ezekiel 30:6Hosea 5:5I Timothy 3:7James 5:12I John 3:8

(7) Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
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I Timothy 5:24I Timothy 5:25I Samuel 2:24Acts 6:3Acts 10:22Acts 22:12III John 1:12I Corinthians 5:12Colossians 4:5I Thessalonians 4:12I Timothy 5:14I Corinthians 10:32

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Amos 3:5I Timothy 3:6Exodus 34:12I John 3:8

(8) Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
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Acts 6:3Acts 6:4Acts 6:5Acts 6:6Philippians 1:1Psalms 5:9Psalms 12:2Psalms 50:19Psalms 52:2Romans 3:13James 3:10I Timothy 3:3

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Mark 2:22I Timothy 3:3Matthew 9:17Titus 1:7

(9) Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
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I Timothy 1:5I Timothy 1:19I Timothy 3:16II John 1:9II John 1:10

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Titus 1:15I Timothy 1:19I Timothy 1:5Hebrews 10:22Romans 1:17James 2:18

(10) And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
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I Timothy 3:6I Timothy 5:22I John 4:1I Timothy 3:13Acts 6:1Acts 6:2I Timothy 3:2I Corinthians 1:8Colossians 1:22Titus 1:6Titus 1:7

(11) Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
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Leviticus 21:7Leviticus 21:13Leviticus 21:14Leviticus 21:15Ezekiel 44:22Luke 1:5Luke 1:6Titus 2:3Psalms 15:3Psalms 50:20Psalms 101:5Proverbs 10:18

(12) Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
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I Timothy 3:2I Timothy 3:4I Timothy 3:5

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II Kings 4:26Exodus 10:6Jeremiah 19:13

(13) For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
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Matthew 25:21Luke 16:10Luke 16:11Luke 16:12Luke 19:17Matthew 20:28Romans 12:7Romans 12:8I Corinthians 16:15Hebrews 6:10I Peter 4:10I Peter 4:11

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II Kings 4:26Romans 1:17James 2:18

(14) These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:
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I Timothy 4:13I Corinthians 11:34I Corinthians 16:5I Corinthians 16:6I Corinthians 16:7II Corinthians 1:15II Corinthians 1:16II Corinthians 1:17I Thessalonians 2:18Philemon 1:22Hebrews 13:23II John 1:12

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I John 2:13

(15) But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
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I Timothy 3:2Deuteronomy 31:23I Kings 2:2I Kings 2:4I Chronicles 22:13I Chronicles 28:9I Chronicles 28:10I Chronicles 28:11I Chronicles 28:12I Chronicles 28:13I Chronicles 28:14I Chronicles 28:15

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Deuteronomy 30:20Isaiah 38:19Revelation 3:18

(16) And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
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Hebrews 7:7I Timothy 3:9Matthew 13:11Romans 16:25I Corinthians 2:7Ephesians 1:9Ephesians 3:3Ephesians 3:4Ephesians 3:5Ephesians 3:6Ephesians 3:7Ephesians 3:8

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John 15:19Galatians 2:16John 1:10John 3:17John 17:14I John 2:15

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