1 Timothy 3:12
"Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well."
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- 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;"
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"One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;"
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"Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;"
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"Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:"
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