1 Timothy 3:1-7
THE OFFICE OF A BISHOP, OR PASTOR.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE OFFICE OF A BISHOP, OR PASTOR.... [ Continue Reading ]
This is a true saying, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.... [ Continue Reading ]
A BISHOP, THEN, MUST BE BLAMELESS, THE HUSBAND OF ONE WIFE, VIGILANT, SOBER, OF GOOD BEHAVIOR, GIVEN TO HOSPITALITY, APT TO TEACH;... [ Continue Reading ]
NOT GIVEN TO WINE, NO STRIKER, NOT GREEDY OF FILTHY LUCRE, BUT PATIENT, NOT A BRAWLER, NOT COVETOUS;... [ Continue Reading ]
ONE THAT RULES WELL HIS OWN HOUSE, HAVING HIS CHILDREN IN SUBJECTION WITH ALL GRAVITY;... [ Continue Reading ]
(FOR IF A MAN KNOW NOT HOW TO RULE HIS OWN HOUSE, HOW SHALL HE TAKE CARE OF THE CHURCH OF GOD?)... [ Continue Reading ]
NOT A NOVICE, LEST, BEING LIFTED UP WITH PRIDE, HE FALL INTO THE CONDEMNATION OF THE DEVIL.... [ Continue Reading ]
MOREOVER, HE MUST HAVE A GOOD REPORT OF THEM WHICH ARE WITHOUT LEST HE FALL INTO REPROACH AND THE SNARE OF THE DEVIL. Here is a very complete table of duties for pastors and all public teachers in the Church, very much like that given in the first chapter of the letter to Titus: Trustworthy is the w... [ Continue Reading ]
THE OFFICE OF DEACONS.... [ Continue Reading ]
Likewise must the deacons be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND LET THESE ALSO FIRST BE PROVED; THEN LET THEM USE THE OFFICE OF A DEACON, BEING FOUND BLAMELESS.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVEN SO MUST THEIR WIVES BE GRAVE, NOT SLANDERERS, SOBER, FAITHFUL IN ALL THINGS.... [ Continue Reading ]
LET THE DEACONS BE THE HUSBANDS OF ONE WIFE, RULING THEIR CHILDREN AND THEIR OWN HOUSES WELL.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THEY THAT HAVE USED THE OFFICE OF A DEACON WELL PURCHASE TO THEMSELVES A GOOD DEGREE, AND GREAT BOLDNESS IN THE FAITH WHICH IS IN CHRIST JESUS. The distinction between the office of bishops and that of deacons, as here and elsewhere indicated, was mainly this, that the former were chiefly engage... [ Continue Reading ]
These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly;... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PURPOSE OF PAUL'S LETTER AND A DOXOLOGY.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT IF I TARRY LONG, THAT THOU MAYEST KNOW HOW THOU OUGHTEST TO BEHAVE THYSELF IN THE HOUSE OF GOD, WHICH IS THE CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD, THE PILLAR AND GROUND OF THE TRUTH.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WITHOUT CONTROVERSY GREAT IS THE MYSTERY OF GODLINESS: GOD WAS MANIFEST IN THE FLESH, JUSTIFIED IN THE SPIRIT, SEEN OF ANGELS, PREACHED UNTO THE GENTILES, BELIEVED ON IN THE WORLD, RECEIVED UP INTO GLORY. The apostle here, as in 1 Corinthians 4:14, interrupts his discussions with a remark which... [ Continue Reading ]