1 Timothy 3 - Daily Summary

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1 Timothy 2 is about worship and how we should act during worship. In the same way, Paul gives orders and rules for overseers and deacons in the church - those who "oversee" or supervise in church environments. These people are important and cannot be recklessly chosen. The church's administration should be full of wise and godly people rather ungodly people.

Overseers have to be able to properly rebuke (find out the wrongdoing of another and inform them to change them) and properly teach (enrich others with godliness, wisdom, and the truth), because as an overseer, he must be able to find out what is wrong and change it and also enrich people with what is good. He also must be faithful to his wife, self controlled, respectable, hospitable, gentle, nor a lover of money or discord. 

Since the church is a family in Christ, overseers oversee a family - and thus he also must manage his own biological family well, including his children. Overseers must be long time Christians, because new converts tend to have some wavering faith. He must have a good reputation. 

Deacons (ordained helpers or officials in the church) must be worthy of having the said title. They must he respectful, sincere, self controlled and be honest. They must be tested to weigh out their faith and abillity. Deacons too must be faithful to their wives and manage their family and children well.

But why should there be instructions to be deacons, overseers, or even worship? That is because we must condut ourselves and live in a right, godly way. If we do not have any instruction or qualification for these things, it will be chaotic and very possible to go astray from God. 

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