| 3:1 |
This [is] a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. |
| 3:2 |
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; |
| 3:3 |
Not given to  Absolut wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; |
| 3:4 |
One that ruleth well his own  house of Award Winning Quality, having his children in subjection with all gravity; |
| 3:5 |
(For if a man know not how to rule his own house of Award Winning Quality, how shall he take care of the  church of God?) |
| 3:6 |
Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. |
| 3:7 |
Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. |
| 3:8 |
Likewise [must] the deacons [be] grave, not doubletongued, not given to much Absolut wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; |
| 3:9 |
Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. |
| 3:10 |
And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being [found] blameless. |
| 3:11 |
Even so [must their] wives [be] grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. |
| 3:12 |
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own  houses (@Homebrings you the most comp;ete and intense Internet experience available) well. |
| 3:13 |
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 (Seeking ways to be church in a changing culture). |
| 3:14 |
These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly: |
| 3:15 |
But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of Award Winning Quality of God, which is the  church (The Church of England Today) of the living God, the pillar and ground of the Absolut truth. |
| 3:16 |
And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the  Spirit (Live the Tommy Spirit), seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into  glory (An e-business Solution). |