iness. [2:11]Let a woman learn quietly in all subjection; [2:12]but
I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have authority over a man, but to
be quiet. [2:13]For Adam was first formed, then Eve. [2:14]And Adam
was not deceived; but the woman being deceived fell into transgression;
[2:15]but she shall be saved through child-bearing, if they continue in
faith, and love, and holiness, with sobriety.
CHAPTER II.
THE APPOINTMENT OF MINISTERS, THE DOCTRINES OF THE GOSPEL, WIDOWS,
ELDERS, SERVANTS, ETC.
1 [3:1]IT is a true saying, If any one desires an episcopate he desires
a good work. [3:2]It is necessary therefore that a bishop should be
blameless, a husband of one wife, circumspect, sober, well-behaved,
hospitable, apt to teach, [3:3]not a wine-drinker, not a quarrelsome
man, but gentle, not contentious, not avaricious, [3:4]ruling well his
own house, having his children in subjection with all dignity,--
[3:5]but if any one knows not how to rule his own house, how will he
take care of the church of God?-- [3:6]not a novice, lest being
inflated with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. [3:7]
And he must also have a good name from those without, that he may not
fall into reproach and a snare of the devil.
2 [3:8]The deacons in like manner ought to be grave, not
double-tongued, not given to much wine, not devoted to base gain,
[3:9]having the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. [3:10]And
let these be proved first, then let them serve, being found blameless.
[3:11]The women in like manner must be grave, not slanderers,
circumspect, faithful in all things. [3:12]Let the deacons be husbands
of one wife, ruling well their children and their own houses. [3:13]
For they who exercise the deaconship well, procure for themselves an
honorable standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ
Jesus.
3 [3:14]These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly;
[3:15]but if I delay, that you may know how you ought to conduct
yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God,
the pillar and foundation of the truth. [3:16]And confessedly great is
the mystery of piety; [Christ,] who was manifested in the flesh, was
justified in the spirit, was seen by angels, was preached to the
nations, was believed on in the world, was received up into glory.
4 [4:1]But the Spirit says expressly, that in the last times some shall
apostatize from the faith, attending to lying spirits a
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