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1 Timothy 3:1–10

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THIS is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
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From verse 1

  1. Titus 1:7Rank 1 from verse 1
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    7For 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;

  2. Acts 20:28Rank 2 from verse 1
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    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.

  3. 1 Peter 5:2Rank 3 from verse 1
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    2Feed 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;

  4. 1 Peter 2:25Rank 4 from verse 1
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    25For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

  5. 1 Timothy 1:15Rank 5 from verse 1
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    15This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

From verse 2

  1. Titus 1:6–9Rank 1 from verse 2
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    6If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.

    7For 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;

    8But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;

    9Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.

  2. 2 Timothy 2:24Rank 2 from verse 2
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    24And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,

  3. Romans 12:13Rank 3 from verse 2
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    13Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.

  4. 1 Timothy 5:9Rank 4 from verse 2
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    9Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,

  5. 1 Peter 4:9Rank 5 from verse 2
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    9Use hospitality one to another without grudging.

From verse 3

  1. Titus 1:7Rank 1 from verse 3
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    7For 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;

  2. Titus 3:2Rank 2 from verse 3
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    2To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.

  3. 1 Timothy 3:8Rank 3 from verse 3
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    8Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

  4. Ephesians 5:18Rank 4 from verse 3
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    18And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

  5. Isaiah 28:7Rank 5 from verse 3
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    7¶ But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

From verse 4

  1. Titus 1:6Rank 1 from verse 4
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    6If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.

  2. 1 Timothy 3:12Rank 2 from verse 4
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    12Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

  3. Genesis 18:19Rank 3 from verse 4
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    19For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

  4. Titus 2:2Rank 4 from verse 4
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    2That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.

  5. Acts 10:2Rank 5 from verse 4
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    2A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.

From verse 5

  1. 1 Samuel 3:13Rank 1 from verse 5
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    13For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.

  2. Ephesians 5:24Rank 2 from verse 5
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    24Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.

  3. Acts 20:28Rank 3 from verse 5
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    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.

  4. Ephesians 5:32Rank 4 from verse 5
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    32This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

  5. 1 Timothy 3:15Rank 5 from verse 5
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    15But 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.

From verse 6

  1. 1 Timothy 6:4Rank 1 from verse 6
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    4He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,

  2. Hebrews 5:12–13Rank 2 from verse 6
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    12For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.

    13For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.

  3. 1 Peter 5:5Rank 3 from verse 6
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    5Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

  4. 1 Peter 2:2Rank 4 from verse 6
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    2As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

  5. 1 Corinthians 3:1Rank 5 from verse 6
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    1AND I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.

From verse 7

  1. 2 Corinthians 8:21Rank 1 from verse 7
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    21Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.

  2. 2 Timothy 2:26Rank 2 from verse 7
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    26And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.

  3. Colossians 4:5Rank 3 from verse 7
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    5Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.

  4. 1 Corinthians 10:32Rank 4 from verse 7
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    32Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:

  5. 1 Thessalonians 4:12Rank 5 from verse 7
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    12That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.

From verse 8

  1. Philippians 1:1Rank 1 from verse 8
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    1PAUL and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:

  2. Acts 6:3–6Rank 2 from verse 8
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    3Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.

    4But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.

    5¶ And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:

    6Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.

  3. 1 Timothy 3:3Rank 3 from verse 8
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    3Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;

  4. 1 Timothy 5:23Rank 4 from verse 8
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    23Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.

  5. Titus 2:3Rank 5 from verse 8
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    3The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;

From verse 9

  1. 1 Timothy 1:19Rank 1 from verse 9
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    19Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:

  2. 2 John 1:9–10Rank 2 from verse 9
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    9Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.

    10If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:

  3. 1 Timothy 1:5Rank 3 from verse 9
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    5Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:

  4. 1 Timothy 3:16Rank 4 from verse 9
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    16And 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.

From verse 10

  1. 1 Timothy 5:22Rank 1 from verse 10
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    22Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure.

  2. 1 Timothy 3:13Rank 2 from verse 10
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    13For 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.

  3. Titus 1:6–7Rank 3 from verse 10
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    6If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.

    7For 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;

  4. 1 Corinthians 1:8Rank 4 from verse 10
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    8Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  5. 1 Timothy 3:2Rank 5 from verse 10
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    2A 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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DEFINED WORDS

1 Timothy 3:1

COMBINED MEANING

true

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Conforming to fact, reality, or a right standard; faithful, genuine, correct, or dependable.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

desire

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Sense 1: A wish, longing, request, pleasure, or thing wished for. Sense 2: To wish for, long for, request, or take pleasure in.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

work

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Sense 1: Labour, occupation, an assigned task, or service. Sense 2: An action, deed, operation, effect, product, thing made, or manner of workmanship. Sense 3: To labour, act, operate, perform, make, produce, accomplish, or bring about.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

1 Timothy 3:2

COMBINED MEANING

blameless

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Free from a charge, fault, or cause of censure in the matter or standing described; without rebuke or proved blame.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

husband

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Sense 1: A married man in relation to his wife. Sense 2: One who manages or cultivates carefully.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

sober

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Self-controlled, watchful, and sound in judgment; calm and serious rather than intoxicated, frenzied, or careless.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

apt

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Fit, suited, ready, or qualified for a stated purpose; having ability or readiness to do it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

teach

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To instruct, inform, train, show, counsel, or communicate knowledge or doctrine.

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DEFINED WORDS

1 Timothy 3:3

COMBINED MEANING

wine

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The produce of grapes or other fruit used as a drink.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

greedy

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Having an eager, grasping, or excessive appetite, whether for food, prey, gain, or money.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

filthy

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Sense 1: Dirty, foul, or unclean. Sense 2: Morally polluted or defiled. Sense 3: Obtained by base or dishonest means.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

patient

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Enduring delay, suffering, or provocation with steadfastness, forbearance, and self-restraint.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

covetous

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Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess; directed to money or goods, avaricious.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

1 Timothy 3:4

COMBINED MEANING

house

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Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

subjection

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The condition of being under authority, control, obedience, restraint, or discipline.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

1 Timothy 3:5

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

know

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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

rule

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Sense 1: To govern, lead, direct, control, or exercise authority. Sense 2: A standard, principle, prescribed order, measuring line, boundary, or allotted sphere.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

house

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Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

take

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To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

care

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Sense 1: Concern, attention, anxiety, or responsibility for a person or matter. Sense 2: To feel concern or regard; to take anxious thought.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

church

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Sense 1: An assembly or congregation belonging to God or Christ. Sense 2: In passages identifying the church with Christ's body, the body of which Christ is the head.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

1 Timothy 3:6

COMBINED MEANING

lest

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For fear that, to prevent the possibility that, or so that an undesired or warned-of result may not occur.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

pride

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1. Self-exaltation, arrogance, haughtiness, or vaunted strength. 2. Splendour, glory, or that in which one glories.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

fall

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Sense 1: To descend, drop, or lose an upright position. Sense 2: To be slain, defeated, overthrown, ruined, or brought down. Sense 3: To come upon or attack. Sense 4: To pass into a specified place, condition, power, or course, or to depart from a former standing. Sense 5: To happen, turn out, or be allotted. Sense 6: As a noun, descent, overthrow, ruin, or loss of standing.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

condemnation

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The act or sentence of declaring guilty and liable to judgment; the state, cause, or result of being condemned.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

devil

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Sense 1: The Devil: Satan, the old serpent, the enemy, adversary, tempter, and deceiver. Sense 2: An evil or unclean spirit. Sense 3: By figure, a person characterized by great wickedness.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

1 Timothy 3:7

COMBINED MEANING

moreover

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Besides, further, additionally, or what is more, introducing another statement, fact, command, reason, or continuation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

report

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Sense 1: A statement or account of facts. Sense 2: As a verb, to tell, relate, or make known.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

without

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Outside or on the exterior; beyond a boundary; lacking, absent, free from, not accompanied by, or apart from the person, thing, condition, means, or relation named.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

lest

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For fear that, to prevent the possibility that, or so that an undesired or warned-of result may not occur.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

fall

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Sense 1: To descend, drop, or lose an upright position. Sense 2: To be slain, defeated, overthrown, ruined, or brought down. Sense 3: To come upon or attack. Sense 4: To pass into a specified place, condition, power, or course, or to depart from a former standing. Sense 5: To happen, turn out, or be allotted. Sense 6: As a noun, descent, overthrow, ruin, or loss of standing.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

reproach

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Sense 1: Shame, disgrace, dishonour, contempt, blame, reviling, or taunt. Sense 2: As a verb, to shame, insult, blame, or speak contemptuously against.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

snare

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1. Figuratively, something that catches, entangles, endangers, or brings a person into bondage or restraint. 2. A trap, noose, or device for catching.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

devil

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Sense 1: The Devil: Satan, the old serpent, the enemy, adversary, tempter, and deceiver. Sense 2: An evil or unclean spirit. Sense 3: By figure, a person characterized by great wickedness.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

1 Timothy 3:8

COMBINED MEANING

likewise

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Sense 1: In the same, similar, or corresponding manner. Sense 2: In a matching case.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

grave

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Sense 1: The place of the dead or of burial; a tomb, burial place, or pit. Sense 2: To cut, carve, or engrave. Sense 3: As an adjective, serious, sober, dignified, or worthy of respect.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

doubletongued

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Speaking inconsistently or deceitfully, saying one thing to one person and another elsewhere, rather than being single and truthful in speech.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

wine

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The produce of grapes or other fruit used as a drink.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

greedy

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Having an eager, grasping, or excessive appetite, whether for food, prey, gain, or money.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

filthy

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Sense 1: Dirty, foul, or unclean. Sense 2: Morally polluted or defiled. Sense 3: Obtained by base or dishonest means.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

1 Timothy 3:9

COMBINED MEANING

holding

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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of hold. Sense 1: To grasp, seize, cling to, carry, wield, support, or keep fast, literally or figuratively. Sense 2: To keep, retain, possess, maintain, continue in, or adhere to. Sense 3: To restrain, confine, or keep back; to contain or have capacity. Sense 4: To regard, account, or judge. Sense 5: To conduct or celebrate an observance. Sense 6: To endure, prevail, or take effect. Sense 7: In hold one's peace or hold one's tongue, to remain silent.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

mystery

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A matter or meaning hidden or formerly hidden, secret, unrevealed, or not understood.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

faith

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Sense 1: The substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen; trust, confidence, belief, persuasion, or reliance. Sense 2: Faithfulness, fidelity, or trustworthiness. Sense 3: The revealed truth or gospel believed and kept.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

pure

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Clean, undefiled, unmixed, uncorrupted, genuine, clear, or sincere; free from contaminating matter or evil.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

conscience

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The inward moral awareness that bears witness concerning one's conduct, accusing or excusing and approving or condemning.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

1 Timothy 3:10

COMBINED MEANING

let

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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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proved

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of prove, meaning to test, try, examine, or establish as true by evidence.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

use

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Sense 1: Employment, purpose, or customary practice. Sense 2: As a verb, to employ or be accustomed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

deacon

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A man appointed to an office of service in a church.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

blameless

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Free from a charge, fault, or cause of censure in the matter or standing described; without rebuke or proved blame.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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2A 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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3Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;

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5(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

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6Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

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7Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

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8Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

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9Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

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10And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.

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11Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

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