Verse 9
1 Timothy 3:9
World English Bible, British Edition
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holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
Original Language Text
greek
ἔχοντας τὸ μυστήριον τῆς πίστεως ἐν καθαρᾷ συνειδήσει.
English Translation
Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
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Chapter 3 Context
1
This is a faithful saying: someone who seeks to be an overseer desires a good work.
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2
The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife,
temperate, sensible, modes...
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3
not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome,
not covetous;
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one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all
reverence;
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5
(for how could someone who doesn’t know how to rule his own house take
care of God (Elohim)’s assemb...
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6
not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation
as the devil.
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7
Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid
falling into reproach and...
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8
Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to
much wine, not gree...
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9
holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
10
Let them also first be tested; then let them serve if they are blameless.
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Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate,
and faithful in all things.
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12
Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
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13
For those who have served well gain for themselves a good standing and great boldness in
the faith w...
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14
These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly,
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but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves
in God (Elohim)’s house, wh...
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16
Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great:
God (Elohim) was revealed in the flesh,
just...
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