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<p class="tab-1">In this chapter our apostle treats of church-officers. He specifies, I. The qualifications of a person to be admitted to the office of a bishop, <a class="bibleref" title="1Tim.3.1-1Tim.3.7" href="/passage/?search=1Tim.3.1-1Tim.3.7">1 Tim. 3:1-7</a>. II. The qualifications of deacons (<a class="bibleref" title="1Tim.3.8-1Tim.3.10" href="/passage/?search=1Tim.3.8-1Tim.3.10">1 Tim. 3:8-10</a>), and of their wives (<a class="bibleref" title="1Tim.3.11" href="/passage/?search=1Tim.3.11">1 Tim. 3:11</a>), again of the deacons, <a class="bibleref" title="1Tim.3.12,1Tim.3.13" href="/passage/?search=1Tim.3.12,1Tim.3.13"><span class="bibleref" title="1Tim.3.12">1 Tim. 3:12</span>, <span class="bibleref" title="1Tim.3.13">13</span></a>. III. The reasons of his writing to Timothy, whereupon he speaks of the church and the foundation-truth professed therein, <a class="bibleref" title="1Tim.3.14-1Tim.3.16" href="/passage/?search=1Tim.3.14-1Tim.3.16">1 Tim. 3:14-16</a>.</p>
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