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1 Timothy 3:16 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory. "
1 Timothy 3:16
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14 These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly,
15 but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in God’s house, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
16 Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory.
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1 Timothy 3:1
"This is a faithful saying: someone who seeks to be an overseer desires a good work."
1 Timothy 3:2
"The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;"
1 Timothy 3:3
"not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;"
1 Timothy 3:4
"one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;"
1 Timothy 3:5
"(for how could someone who doesn’t know how to rule his own house take care of God’s assembly?)"
1 Timothy 3:6
"not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil."
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