<< 1 Timothy 3 >> English Standard Version

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12Let deacons each be the husband of one wife, managing their children and their own households well. 13For those who serve well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and also great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.

The Mystery of Godliness

14I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these things to you so that, 15if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth. 16Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness:

He^e was manifested in the flesh,
vindicated^f by the Spirit,^g
       seen by angels,
proclaimed among the nations,
believed on in the world,
       taken up in glory.

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