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1 Timothy 3:9–10
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1 Timothy 3:9
9Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
9Holding the mysterie of the faith in a pure conscience.
1 Timothy 3:10
10And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
10And let these also first be proued; then let them vse the office of a Deacon, being found blamelesse.
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DEFINED WORDS
1 Timothy 3:9
Having, keeping, grasping, restraining, supporting, maintaining, or continuing.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Trust, belief, confidence, or reliance; especially trust in God and belief in his word, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828
Free from mixture, contamination, guilt, or moral defilement; genuine, clean, holy, or innocent according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
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conscience
The inward awareness that bears witness concerning right, wrong, knowledge, or conduct.
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DEFINED WORDS
1 Timothy 3:10
To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
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Before all others in time, place, order, rank, or importance; the beginning or earliest.
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Tested, tried, examined, or established as true.
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Employment, purpose, or customary practice; as a verb, to employ or be accustomed.
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A particular duty, charge or trust conferred by public authority and for a public purpose; an employment undertaken by commission or authority from government or those who administer it. A duty, charge or trust of a sacred nature, conferred by God himself.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
One appointed to service; a servant or minister.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604
Discovered, obtained, or encountered; or established upon a foundation, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Without fault or a valid ground for censure in the matter described.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study19Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:
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Open the full verse study9Whosoever 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:
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Open the full verse study5Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
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Open the full verse study16And 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.
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Open the full verse study22Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure.
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Open the full verse study13For 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.
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Open the full verse study6If 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;
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Open the full verse study8Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Open the full verse study2A 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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Open the full verse study6Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
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Open the full verse study1AND in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.
2Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.
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Open the full verse study1BELOVED, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
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Open the full verse study22In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
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