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God's Plan for Church Leadership (Part 2) (1 Timothy 3:1-7)
Gavin Retzer, May 18, 2014Part of the 1 Timothy series, preached at a Sunday Morning service
1 Timothy 3:1-7
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1 Timothy 3:1–7 (Listen)
3:1 The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. 2 Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, 3 not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. 4 He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, 5 for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God’s church? 6 He must not be a recent convert, or he may become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil. 7 Moreover, he must be well thought of by outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace, into a snare of the devil.
(ESV)