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This is a true saying, A man desiring the position of a Bishop has a desire for a good work.

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The Bishop, then, is to be a man of good name, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, serious-minded, having respect for order, opening his house freely to guests, a ready teacher

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Not quickly moved to wrath or blows, but gentle no fighter, no lover of money

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Ruling his house well, having his children under control with all serious behaviour

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(For if a man has not the art of ruling his house, how will he take care of the church of God?)

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Not one newly taken into the church, for fear that, through his high opinion of himself, he may come into the same sin as the Evil One.

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And he is to have a good name among those outside the church, so that nothing may be said against him and he may not be taken by the designs of the Evil One.