Have a good report; be of unblemished reputation in view not only of Christians, but of others.

The snare of the devil; which he sets by tempting men so to act as to injure themselves and the cause of religion. As the work of a bishop is sacred and momentous, it should be undertaken only by those who, by a course of good conduct, have formed the character and secured the reputation, in the church and in the world, of being good men; free from the imputation of vice, meanness, sensual indulgence, or love of money; men who have knowledge, and are able and willing to teach; who are patterns of what is upright and honorable, lovely, and of good report.

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