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1 Timothy 3:1-3 King James 2000 (KJ2000)

1. This is a true saying, If a man desires the office of a bishop, he desires a good work.

2. A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

3. Not given to wine, not violent, not greedy of dishonest gain; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;

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