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This saying is trustworthy: if anyone aspires to oversight, he desires a good work.
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Therefore an overseer must be beyond accusation: husband of one wife, sober, self-controlled, orderly, hospitable, able to teach,
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not given to wine, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of silver.
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He must govern his own household well, keeping his children in submission with full dignity.
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For if someone does not know how to govern his own household, how will he care for Elohim’s assembly?
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He must not be newly planted in the faith, lest he become swollen with pride and fall into the Adversary’s judgment.
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He must also have a good testimony from those outside, lest he fall into disgrace and the Adversary’s snare.
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Servants of the assembly likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued, not devoted to much wine, and not greedy for dishonest gain.
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They must hold the mystery of faithfulness with a clean conscience.
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Let them first be tested; then, if they are beyond accusation, let them serve.
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Women likewise must be dignified, not slanderers, but sober and faithful in all things.
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Let each servant be the husband of one wife, governing his children and his own household well.
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For those who serve well gain a good standing and great confidence in the faithfulness that is in Yahushua the Mashiyach.
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I am writing these things to you, though I hope to come to you soon.
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But if I am delayed, you will know how one must conduct oneself in Elohim’s household, which is the assembly of the living Elohim, a pillar and foundation of truth.
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And, by common confession, great is the mystery of reverence: he was manifested in flesh, vindicated in spirit, seen by messengers, proclaimed among nations, trusted in the world, and taken up in glory.