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"1": "Everyone should trust this statement: \"If anyone aspires to be a leader of the believers, he desires to do a good task.\"",
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"2": "For that reason, a leader of the believers must be someone whom no one can rightly accuse of doing anything bad. He must have only one wife. He must not do anything excessively. He must think in wise ways. He must behave well. He must welcome strangers. He must be able to teach others.",
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"3": "He must not be a drunkard and must not be quick to fight. Instead, he must be gentle and not be quarrelsome. He must not be greedy for money.\n\n\\ts\\*",
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"4": "He must lead and care for his own family well. His children should obey and completely respect him.",
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"5": "After all, if anyone does not know how he should lead and care for the people who live in his own house, he certainly cannot care for the gathering of God’s people!\n\n\\ts\\*",
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"6": "Do not appoint a new believer {to be a leader of the believers,} because a new believer might become proud. Then God would judge him for the same reason as he judged the devil.",
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"7": "A leader of the believers must also conduct himself in such a way that non-believers will speak well of him. Then people will not say bad things about him, and the devil will not capture him like an animal in a trap.\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\p",
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"8": "In the same way, those who {are appointed to} assist the leaders should be people who are serious. They should be sincere when they speak. They should not drink too much wine, and they must not have a strong desire for money.",
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"9": "They must always believe the message that God has now revealed to us about believing in him, while knowing within themselves that God approves of what they are doing.",
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"10": "But {Just as you do for the leaders,} you must first examine the way these assistants behave. Then, if you do not find any fault with them, you may let them serve {as assistants}.\n\n\\ts\\*",
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"11": "Their wives likewise must be serious, they must not talk badly about people, and they must not do anything excessively. They must be trustworthy in everything that they do.",
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"12": "An assistant must be faithful to his wife, and he must lead and care for his children well and for the rest of the people in his house.",
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"13": "People will respect assistants who serve well and these assistants will be able to speak very boldly about what they believe concerning the Messiah Jesus.\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\p",
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"14": "I hope that I will be able to come to you soon. But I am writing these things to you now",
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"15": "in case I am not able to come soon. I want you to know how believers should behave in the family of God, which is the group of all those who believe in Jesus and belong to the living God. The people in this group believe and teach the true message.\n\n\\ts\\*",
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"16": "Now everyone should agree that the truths God has revealed to us are awesome and beyond our understanding:\n\\q “The Messiah was God who came to the world in a human body.\n\\q The Holy Spirit proved that he was genuine.\n\\q God’s messengers saw him.\n\\q Believers announced who he was to the nations.\n\\q People in many parts of the world believed in him.\n\\q God powerfully took him up to himself in heaven.”\n\n\\ts\\*",
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