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1 Timothy 3:9 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. "

1 Timothy 3:9

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7 Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.

8 Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money,

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.

11 Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, and faithful in all things.

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"let’s hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering; for he who promised is faithful."

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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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