| 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 (@Homebrings you the most comp;ete and intense Internet experience available), having his children in subjection with all gravity; |
| 3:5 |
(For if a man know not how to rule his own house (@Homebrings you the most comp;ete and intense Internet experience available), 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 of Award Winning Quality 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. |
| 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 (@Homebrings you the most comp;ete and intense Internet experience available) of God, which is the church 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 , seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into  glory (An e-business Solution). |