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1 Timothy 3:1–2. If anyone, he says, desires the presbytery, then he must be impeccable in good deeds, which cannot be done without presbytery - that is, not to bind oneself to anyone’s gifts and gifts. (let it be) so that he does not possess absolutely any other woman as his wife. Likewise, let his children not follow the example of the sons of Eli (1 Sam. 2:12), but let them obey their fathers and all the people with all purity and constancy (1 Tim. 3:4). After all, if he cannot keep his sons in obedience, then how can he observe order in the church of God (1 Tim. 3:5)? 1. Timotejovi 3:6. Not... a convert [he must be], lest, having become exalted, he falls into pride, which is the main thing 1. Timotejovi 3:8. Let there be deacons also holy servants - in their souls pure from covetousness, and in their bodies free from passions. And let them be strong during persecution 1. Timotejovi 3:9. in the sacraments ah of faith, and faithfully serve the sacrament of the Body of Christ in the pureness of your conscience. 1. Timotejovi 3:10. And let them be tested first in some matters lower than the deacon's office. 1. Timotejovi 3:11. Their wives do the same Nech nie sú slúžkami diabla, ale pokornými. Svojou nehanebnosťou nech sa nerúhajú svojim mužom a nech neohovárajú svojich blížnych pred mužmi ako svojich správcov, ale nech sú vždy bdelí v dobrých skutkoch a nech sú - Nech neupadnú do mágie a kúziel. 1. Timotejovi 3:14. Toto som ja... píšem vám nie preto, že by som stratil nádej, že ťa uvidím; 1. Timotejovi 3:15. ale ak budem meškať... aby ste... vedeli... ako sa máte správať v dome Božom, ktorým je [Cirkev živého Boha], stĺp sily a pravdy uprostred sveta, lebo len vďaka Cirkvi svet stojí. A je to spoľahlivo dokázané 1. Timotejovi 3:16. veľkosť je... záhada túto pravdu, ktorú kážeme. to znamená, že skrze ospravedlnenie Ducha Svätého, so znameniami a zázrakmi, vďaka učeniu Jeho evanjelia a Anjeli a učeníci v čase, keď ho vzal oblak (Skutky 1:9). Mohlo by vás zaujímať: