1This [is] a true saying, If a man desireth the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.stylusTitus 1:7, Titus 1:7, Acts 20:28, Acts 20:28, 1 Peter 5:22A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach;stylus2 Timothy 2:24, 2 Timothy 2:24, Titus 1:6, Titus 1:9, Titus 1:63Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre, but patient; not a brawler, not covetous;stylusTitus 1:7, Titus 1:7, Ephesians 5:18, Titus 3:2, Ephesians 5:184One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;stylusTitus 1:6, Titus 1:6, Genesis 18:19, 1 Timothy 3:12, Genesis 18:195(For if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)stylus1 Samuel 3:13, 1 Samuel 3:13, Ephesians 5:24, Ephesians 5:24, Ephesians 5:326Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.stylus1 Timothy 6:4, 1 Timothy 6:4, Hebrews 5:12, Hebrews 5:13, Hebrews 5:127Moreover, he must have a good report of them who are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.stylus2 Corinthians 8:21, 2 Corinthians 8:21, Colossians 4:5, 2 Timothy 2:26, Colossians 4:58Likewise [must] the deacons [be] grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre,stylusPhilippians 1:1, Philippians 1:1, Acts 6:3, Acts 6:6, Titus 2:39Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.stylus1 Timothy 1:19, 1 Timothy 1:19, 2 John 1:9, 2 John 1:10, 2 John 1:910And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being [found] blameless.stylus1 Timothy 5:22, 1 Timothy 5:22, 1 Timothy 3:13, 1 Timothy 3:13, Titus 1:611Even so [must their] wives [be] grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.stylusTitus 2:3, Titus 2:3, Titus 3:2, Titus 3:2, 1 Timothy 3:212Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children, and their own houses well.stylus1 Timothy 3:2, 1 Timothy 3:2, 1 Timothy 3:4, 1 Timothy 3:5, 1 Timothy 3:413For 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.stylusMatthew 25:21, Matthew 25:21, Hebrews 6:10, Hebrews 6:10, Acts 6:814These things I write to thee, hoping to come to thee shortly:stylusPhilemon 1:22, 1 Corinthians 11:34, Philemon 1:22, 1 Corinthians 11:34, 1 Timothy 4:1315But 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.stylus1 Peter 2:5, 1 Peter 2:5, Ephesians 2:21, Ephesians 2:22, Ephesians 2:2116And without controversy, great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached to the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.stylusJohn 1:14, John 1:14, Hebrews 1:3, Hebrews 1:3, Mark 16:19