- This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
- A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
- Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
- One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
- (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
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- 人若想要得監督的職分、就是羨慕善工.這話是可信的.
- 作監督的、必須無可指責、只作一個婦人的丈夫、有節制、自守、端正、樂意接待遠人、善於教導.
- 不因酒滋事、不打人、只要溫和、不爭競、不貪財.
- 好好管理自己的家、使兒女凡事端莊順服。〔或作端端莊莊的使兒女順服〕
- 人若不知道管理自己的家、焉能照管 神的教會呢。
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