# verse

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Here is a trustworthy saying: If anyone sets his heart on being an overseer, he desires a noble task.


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Now the overseer must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,


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He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same judgment as the devil.


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He must also have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the devil's trap.


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Deacons, likewise, are to be men worthy of respect, sincere, not indulging in much wine, and not pursuing dishonest gain.


