| 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 wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; |
| 3:3 | 不因酒滋事、不打人、只要溫和、不爭競、不貪財． |
| 3:3 | 不因酒滋事，不打人，只要温和，不争竞，不贪财。 |
| 1ti:3:8 | Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; |
| tit:1:7 | For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre; |
| 2ti:2:24 | And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, |
| tit:3:2 | To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men. |
| heb:13:5 | Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. |
| 1pe:5:2 | Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; |
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| 3:4 | One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; |
| 3:5 | (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, 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 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 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 of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the 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. |
