These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly;

 (ii) The second sphere of responsibility was the world. He must be "well thought of by outsiders" ( 1 Timothy 3:7). He must be a man who has gained the respect of his fellow-men in the day-to-day business of life. Nothing has hurt the Church more than the sight of people who are active in it, whose business and social life belies the faith which they profess and the precepts which they teach. The Christian office-bearer must first of all be a good man. 