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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

11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

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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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The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;

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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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Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are 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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A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

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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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18 He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a 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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And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.

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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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Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may 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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To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.

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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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But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.

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