Them, too

Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, To all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy, For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now; Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace. For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ. And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ; Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ unto the glory and praise of God.-Philippians 1:1-11***The divinely inspired words that the  apostle Paul (Saul) wrote to Titus reveal that bishops and those who want to become bishops must be men whose lives exist of specific characteristics. They must be without fault, hospitable, sober, holy, righteous, encouraging, instructive, married to only 1 wife, self-controlled, not self-willed or quick-tempered, not greedy for sordid money, and their children must be faithful and well-behaved and not under any accusation. Paul's letter to Timothy (Timotheus)  reveals that bishops and potential bishops must be without fault, married to only 1 wife, sober, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, instructive, gentle, peaceable, and not a newcomer or moneygrubber, managers of their households, with their children in obedience to them. Paul wrote that deacons must be truthful, reverential, and sober, respected by their family, and cannot have a heart set on ill-gotten gains. In a letter sent by Paul, with Timothy, to believers in Philippi, bishops and deacons were specifically noted in the address.-Genesis 11:26-35:29, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26, 6:1-8:4, 9:1-31, 11:19-28:31, Philippians, 1 Timothy

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