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Paul gives qualifications for bishops and deacons and then explains the importance of proper conduct in the house of God, the church of the living God, pillar and ground of the truth. He closes with a compact confession of the mystery of godliness centered on God manifest in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen of angels, preached among Gentiles, believed on in the world, and received up into glory.
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