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   10 but with good works, which is proper for women professing godliness.   
   11 Let a woman learn in silence with all obedience.   
   12 (1Co 14:34) I do not permit a woman to teach or to usurp authority   
   over a man, but to be silent.   
   13 (Ge 2:22; 2:7) For Adam was formed first, then Eve.   
   14 (Ge 3:6; 2Co 11:3) And Adam was not deceived, but the woman, being   
   deceived, fell into sin.   
   15 (1Ti 1:14) Yet she will be saved in childbearing if they continue   
   in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control.   
      
   [1] I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers,   
   intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;   
   [2] For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet   
   and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.   
   [3] For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;   
   [4] Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the   
   truth.   
   [5] For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man   
   Christ Jesus;   
   [6] Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.   
   [7] Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth   
   in Christ, and lie not; ) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.   
   [8] I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands,   
   without wrath and doubting.   
   [9] In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with   
   shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or   
   costly array;   
   [10] But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.   
   [11] Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.   
   [12] But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man,   
   but to be in silence.   
   [13] For Adam was first formed, then Eve.   
   [14] And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the   
   transgression.   
   [15] Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in   
   faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.   
      
   1 Timothy 3   
      
   Qualifications of Overseers   
      
   1 (Ac 20:28; 1Ti 1:15; Ac 1:20) This is a faithful saying: If a man desires   
   the office of an overseer, he desires a good work.   
   2 (1Ti 5:9; 2Ti 2:24) An overseer then must be blameless, the husband   
   of one wife, sober, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach;   
   3 (Titus 1:7; 1Ti 3:8; Lev 10:9) not given to drunkenness, not violent, not   
   greedy for money, but patient, not argumentative, not covetous;   
   4 (1Ti 3:12; Titus 1:6) and one who manages his own house well, having his   
   children in submission with all reverence.   
   5 (1Ti 3:15) For if a man does not know how to manage his own house, how will   
   he take care of the church of God?   
   6 (1Ti 6:4) He must not be newly converted, so that he does not become   
   prideful and fall into the condemnation of the devil.   
   7 (2Ti 2:26; 1Ti 6:9) Moreover he must have a good reputation among those who   
   are outsiders, so that he does not fall into reproach and the snare of the   
   devil.   
      
   [1] This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he   
   desireth a good work.   
   [2] A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant,   
   sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;   
   [3] Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient,   
   not a brawler, not covetous;   
   [4] One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection   
   with all gravity;   
   [5] (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care   
   of the church of God?)   
   [6] Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the   
   condemnation of the devil.   
   [7] Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he   
   fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.   
      
   Qualifications of Deacons   
      
   8 (Php 1:1; Titus 2:3; Lev 10:9) Likewise deacons must be serious,   
   not insincere, not given to much wine, not greedy,   
   9 (1Ti 1:19; 1:5) keeping the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.   
   10 (1Ti 5:22) And let them first be tested; then, being found blameless,   
   let them serve as deacons.   
   11 (Titus 2:3; 2Ti 3:3; 1Ti 3:2) Likewise, their wives must be serious,   
   not slanderers, sober, and faithful in all things.   
   12 (1Ti 3:2) Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife,   
   managing their children and their own houses well.   
   13 (Mt 25:21) For those who have served well in the office of deacon   
   purchase for themselves good standing and great boldness in the faith,   
   which is in Christ Jesus.   
      
   [8] Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much   
   wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;   
   [9] Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.   
   [10] And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a   
   deacon, being found blameless.   
   [11] Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in   
   all things.   
   [12] Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and   
   their own houses well.   
   [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.   
      
   The Mystery of Our Religion   
      
   14 I am writing these things to you, hoping to come to you shortly,   
   15 (Mt 16:16; 18:18) but if I am delayed, you might know how you ought   
   to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living   
   God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.   
   16 (Jn 1:14; Heb 1:3; Mk 16:19) Without question, great is the mystery   
   of godliness:   
   God was revealed in the flesh,   
   justified in the Spirit,   
   seen by angels,   
   preached to the Gentiles,   
   believed on in the world,   
   taken up into glory.   
      
   [14] These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:   
   [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.   
   [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.   
      
   1 Timothy 4   
      
   Prediction of Apostasy   
      
   1 (Jn 16:13; 2Pe 3:3) Now the Spirit clearly says that in the last times   
   some will depart from the faith and pay attention to seducing spirits   
   and doctrines of devils,   
   2 (Eph 4:19) speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their consciences seared   
   with a hot iron,   
   3 (Ro 14:6; Heb 13:4) forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain   
   from foods, which God has created to be received with thanksgiving   
   by those who believe and know the truth.   
   4 (Ge 1:31; Ro 14:14) For everything created by God is good, and not to   
   be refused if it is received with thanksgiving,   
   5 for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.   
      
   [1] Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall   
   depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of   
   devils;   
   [2] Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot   
   iron;   
   [3] Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God   
   hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know   
   the truth.   
   [4] For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be   
   received with thanksgiving:   
   [5] For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.   
      
   A Good Minister of Christ Jesus   
      
   6 (1Ti 1:10) If you remind the brothers of these things, you will be a good   
   minister of Jesus Christ, nourished by the words of faith and of good   
   doctrine, which you have followed closely.   
      
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