I Tim 3:1
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A faithful saying: if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
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I Tim 3:2
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It behoveth therefore a bishop to be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, prudent, of good behaviour, chaste, given to hospitality, a teacher,
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Tit 1:7
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For a bishop must be without crime, as the steward of God: not proud, not subject to anger, not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre:
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I Pet 2:25
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For you were as sheep going astray; but you are now converted to the shepherd and bishop of your souls.
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