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1 Timothy 3:1-2
Good News Translation
1 Timothy 3:1-2
Good News Translation
Leaders in the Church
3 This is a true saying: If a man is eager to be a church leader, he desires an excellent work. 2 (A)A church leader must be without fault; he must have only one wife,[a] be sober, self-controlled, and orderly; he must welcome strangers in his home; he must be able to teach;
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- 1 Timothy 3:2 have only one wife; or be married only once.
1 Timothy 3:1-2
New International Version
1 Timothy 3:1-2
New International Version
Qualifications for Overseers and Deacons
3 Here is a trustworthy saying:(A) Whoever aspires to be an overseer(B) desires a noble task. 2 Now the overseer is to be above reproach,(C) faithful to his wife,(D) temperate,(E) self-controlled, respectable, hospitable,(F) able to teach,(G)
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