1 Timothy 3:1
"This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work."
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- Titus 1:7
"For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;"
Read in chapter → - Acts 20:28
"Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood."
Read in chapter → - 1 Peter 5:2
"Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;"
Read in chapter → - 1 Peter 2:25
"For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls."
Read in chapter → - 1 Timothy 1:15
"This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief."
Read in chapter → - James 5:19
"Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;"
Read in chapter → - 2 Timothy 2:11
"It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:"
Read in chapter → - 1 Timothy 4:9
"This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation."
Read in chapter → - 1 Timothy 3:2
"A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;"
Read in chapter → - Hebrews 12:15
"Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;"
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