⁸Ministers, in like manner, grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not seeking gain by base means, ⁹holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. ¹⁰And let these be first proved, then let them minister, being without charge against them. ¹¹The women in like manner grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. ¹²Let the ministers be husbands of one wife, conducting their children and their own houses well: ¹³for those who shall have ministered well obtain for themselves a good degree, and much boldness in faith which is in Christ Jesus.

¹⁴These things I write to thee, hoping to come to thee more quickly; ¹⁵but if I delay, in order that thou mayest know how one ought to conduct oneself in God’s house, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and base of the truth. ¹⁶And confessedly the mystery of piety is great. God has been manifested in flesh, has been justified in the Spirit, has appeared to angels, has been preached among the nations, has been believed on in the world, has been received up in glory.

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1 Timothy 3:16: Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.

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