This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.

feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof , not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;

Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.

Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.

I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judæa, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;

And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of them all: and when he had broken it , he began to eat.

And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.