1 Timothy 3
1 Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
The word [is] steadfast: If anyone longs for overseership, he desires a right work;
2 The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
it is required, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, a husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, respectable, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,
3 no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;
not given to wine, not a striker, but gentle, not contentious, not a lover of money,
4 one that ruleth well his own house, having [his] children in subjection with all gravity;
leading his own house well, having children in subjection with all dignity,
5 (but if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
(and if anyone has not known [how] to lead his own house, how will he take care of an assembly of God?)
6 not a novice, lest being puffed up he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
not a new convert, lest having been puffed up he may fall to a judgment of the Devil;
7 Moreover he must have good testimony from them that are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
and it is required of him also to have a good testimony from those outside, that he may not fall into reproach and a snare of the Devil.
8 Deacons in like manner [must be] grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
Servants, in like manner, dignified, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not given to shameful gain,
9 holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
having the secret of the faith in a pure conscience,
10 And let these also first be proved; then let them serve as deacons, if they be blameless.
and let these also first be proved, then let them minister, being unblameable.
11 Women in like manner [must be] grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.
Women, in like manner, dignified, not false accusers, vigilant, faithful in all things.
12 Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling [their] children and their own houses well.
Servants—let them be husbands of one wife, leading the children well, and their own houses,
13 For they that have served well as deacons gain to themselves a good standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
for those who ministered well acquire a good step to themselves, and much boldness in faith that [is] in Christ Jesus.
14 These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly;
I write to you these things, hoping to come to you soon,
15 but if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
and if I delay, that you may know how it is required to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is an assembly of the living God—a pillar and foundation of the truth,
16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness; He who was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the spirit, Seen of angels, Preached among the nations, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory.
and confessedly, great is the secret of piety: who was revealed in flesh, declared righteous in [the] Spirit, seen by messengers, preached among nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory!
