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11 Women[a] likewise must be serious, not slanderers, but temperate, faithful in all things.

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  1. 3.11 Or Women deacons or Wives

11 In the same way, the women[a] are to be worthy of respect, not malicious talkers(A) but temperate(B) and trustworthy in everything.

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  1. 1 Timothy 3:11 Possibly deacons’ wives or women who are deacons

Likewise, tell the older women to be reverent in behavior, not to be slanderers or enslaved to much wine; they are to teach what is good,(A)

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Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers(A) or addicted to much wine,(B) but to teach what is good.

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unfeeling, implacable, slanderers, profligates, brutes, haters of good,(A)

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without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good,

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Now a bishop[a] must be above reproach, married only once,[b] temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, an apt teacher,(A)

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  1. 3.2 Or an overseer
  2. 3.2 Gk the husband of one wife

Now the overseer is to be above reproach,(A) faithful to his wife,(B) temperate,(C) self-controlled, respectable, hospitable,(D) able to teach,(E)

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18 Lying lips conceal hatred,
    and whoever utters slander is a fool.

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18 Whoever conceals hatred with lying lips(A)
    and spreads slander is a fool.

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The great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.(A)

10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven proclaiming,

“Now have come the salvation and the power
    and the kingdom of our God
    and the authority of his Messiah,[a]
for the accuser of our brothers and sisters has been thrown down,
    who accuses them day and night before our God.(B)

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  1. 12.10 Gk Christ

The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent(A) called the devil,(B) or Satan,(C) who leads the whole world astray.(D) He was hurled to the earth,(E) and his angels with him.

10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven(F) say:

“Now have come the salvation(G) and the power
    and the kingdom of our God,
    and the authority of his Messiah.
For the accuser of our brothers and sisters,(H)
    who accuses them before our God day and night,
    has been hurled down.

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Discipline yourselves; keep alert. Like a roaring lion your adversary the devil prowls around, looking for someone to devour.(A)

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Be alert and of sober mind.(A) Your enemy the devil prowls around(B) like a roaring lion(C) looking for someone to devour.

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to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show every courtesy to everyone.(A)

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to slander no one,(A) to be peaceable and considerate, and always to be gentle toward everyone.

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As for you, be sober in everything, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, carry out your ministry fully.(A)

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But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship,(A) do the work of an evangelist,(B) discharge all the duties of your ministry.

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Those who have believing masters must not be disrespectful to them on the ground that they are brothers and sisters; rather, they must serve them all the more, since those who benefit by their service are believers and beloved.[a]

False Teaching and True Riches

Teach and urge these duties.(A)

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  1. 6.2 Or since they are believers and beloved, who devote themselves to good deeds

Those who have believing masters should not show them disrespect just because they are fellow believers.(A) Instead, they should serve them even better because their masters are dear to them as fellow believers and are devoted to the welfare[a] of their slaves.

False Teachers and the Love of Money

These are the things you are to teach and insist on.(B)

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  1. 1 Timothy 6:2 Or and benefit from the service

Gratitude for Mercy

12 I am grateful to Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because he considered me faithful and appointed me to his service,(A)

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The Lord’s Grace to Paul

12 I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength,(A) that he considered me trustworthy, appointing me to his service.(B)

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So, then, let us not fall asleep as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober,(A) for those who sleep sleep at night, and those who are drunk get drunk at night.(B) But since we belong to the day, let us be sober and put on the breastplate of faith and love and for a helmet the hope of salvation.(C)

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So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep,(A) but let us be awake(B) and sober.(C) For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.(D) But since we belong to the day,(E) let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate,(F) and the hope of salvation(G) as a helmet.(H)

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70 Jesus answered them, “Did I not choose you, the twelve? Yet one of you is a devil.”(A)

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70 Then Jesus replied, “Have I not chosen you,(A) the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!”(B)

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