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(A)not addicted to wine [a]or pugnacious, but considerate, peaceable, (B)free from the love of money; (C)leading his own household well, having his children in submission with all dignity (but if a man does not know how to lead his own household, how will he take care of (D)the church of God?),

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  1. 1 Timothy 3:3 Lit not

not given to drunkenness,(A) not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome,(B) not a lover of money.(C) He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him, and he must do so in a manner worthy of full[a] respect.(D) (If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church?)(E)

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  1. 1 Timothy 3:4 Or him with proper