1 Timothy – Chapter 3
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In this chapter, Paul taught Timothy how to qualify men to be Overseers/Elders to the church. He is to be a godly man of respect who manages his own home well, because if he can not do that, he would not be able to manage God's family well. S. M. Baugh explained this position "as a guardian' of the welfare of the Christian churches under his care." The next section deals with deacons, and depending upon your interpretation, deaconesses. They are also to be people of respect, temperate and trustworthy. Paul wrote this so, "you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God's household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth" (vs. 15). Paul ended with a Greek Christian Hymn which shows "the mystery of godliness" which shows the incarnation of Christ, the resurrection of Christ, the ascension of Christ, the preaching of Christ to the nations, people's response to Christ, and then Christ's final victory.
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