54:003:007 Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
54:003:008 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
54:003:009 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
54:003:010 And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
54:003:011 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
54:003:012 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
54:003:013 For 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.
54:003:014 These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:
54:003:015 But 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.
54:003:016 And 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.