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1 Timothy 3:3-9 American Standard Version (ASV)

3. no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;

4. one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

5. (but if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

6. not a novice, lest being puffed up he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

7. Moreover he must have good testimony from them that are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

8. Deacons in like manner must be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

9. holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

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