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in spiritual angle. About this Paul
says like this - Jesus sanctify and
cleansing the church by the
washing of water with the word.
Sinner needs is, forgiveness of
his sins by the Word of God,
which is the Jesus Christ in spiri-
tual angle.
3 About this it was written – And
the word became flesh and dwell
among us.
4 Water is the symbol to Word,
Word is nothing but God. As –
In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God,
and Word was God,
5 as a consequence God is noth-
ing but Jesus. It was written –
Jesus is the true God and eter-
nal life.
6 One more place written like –
the Christ who is God
almighty, blessed forever. Amen.
7 II Third, the elder must know
the definition of repentance.
About this Paul says to his
people like this– repentance is
nothing but leaving the deed
works after Born Again.
8 Repentance is two types. One
is according to him–
For godly grief
produces a repentance that leads
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to salvation without regret; it
leads to salvation. So, we may
call this repentance which is
leads to salvation.
9 Second is – holy life leading
repentance. This repentance we
can find out at the time of laying
foundation. This repentance is
nothing but leaving the dead
works after Born Again.
10 Some of the Israelites not
have the second repentance,
fruit of rebel is – overthrown by
the God.
11 It is written about the sec-
ond repentance –
Nevertheless,
with most of them God was not
pleased, for they were over-
thrown in the wilderness.
12 Say in one word about re-
pentance – Not desire evil. So,
once I am remembering you that
leaving the evil (dead) works are
nothing but repentance accord-
ing to the Word of God.
13 It is said –therefore let us re-
pentance from deed works af-
ter Born Again and at the time
of laying foundation, faith to-
wards God, and of instruction
about washing(baptisam), the
laying on of hands,the resurrect-
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on of the dead, and eternal judg-
ment.
14 Elders must know these three
things, who desires and ap-
pointed of the living God’s king-
dom, which is the living church.
15 O elders, those who are
spread unto the end of the earth
and in the universal church,
please examine yourself, do you
have these experiences by the
living and loving God. Not only
that,
16 the elders must be the hus-
band of one wife, sober-minded,
self – controlled, respectable,
hospitable, able to teach the
word of God and sharing their
Born Again witness (how they got
the sin forgiveness by Jesus),
17 not a drunkard, not violent
but gentle, not quarrelsome but
peace, not a lover of money. And
such were some of you. Among
you such men were not one wife,
not sober minded but idealistic
and not self-controlled but agi-
tation and not responsible but
dishonorable, not hospitable but
boorish behavior, not able to
teach but lovers of offering box.
And many among you have sold
your wives. Those who sold by
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his wife, he is not behave as an
elder, better to leave that posi-
tion.
18 Now-a-days those who are
nominated as an elders in the
church having above character-
istics and make raising god’s an-
ger.
19 You must manage your own
households well, with all dignity
keeping your children submis-
sive.
20 For if someone does not
know how to manage his own
household, how will he care for
bride of lamb. And you must
have family prayers along with
all household in everyday, and
ready to preach the gospel to
the sinners along with the man
of God.
21 Elder must not be a recent
convert or you may become
puffed up with conceit and fall
into the condemnation of the
devil.
22 II Moreover, you must be
well thought of by outsiders, so
that you may not fall into dis-
grace, into a snare of the devil.
23 Elders must hold the mys-
tery of the faith with a clear con-
science, and let him also be