1 Timothy 3
1 The word [is] faithful: if any one aspires to exercise oversight, he desires a good work.
This [is] a true saying, If a man desireth the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
2 The overseer then must be irreproachable, husband of one wife, sober, discreet, decorous, hospitable, apt to teach;
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
3 not given to excesses from wine, not a striker, but mild, not addicted to contention, not fond of money,
Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre, but patient; not a brawler, not covetous;
4 conducting his own house well, having [his] children in subjection with all gravity;
One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
5 (but if one does not know how to conduct his own house, how shall he take care of the assembly of God?)
(For if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
6 not a novice, that he may not, being inflated, fall into [the] fault of the devil.
Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
7 But it is necessary that he should have also a good testimony from those without, that he may fall not into reproach and [the] snare of the devil.
Moreover, he must have a good report of them who are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
8 Ministers, in like manner, grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not seeking gain by base means,
Likewise [must] the deacons [be] grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre,
9 holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
10 And let these be first proved, then let them minister, being without charge [against them].
And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being [found] blameless.
11 [The] women in like manner grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
Even so [must their] wives [be] grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
12 Let [the] ministers be husbands of one wife, conducting [their] children and their own houses well:
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children, and their own houses well.
13 for those who shall have ministered well obtain for themselves a good degree, and much boldness in faith which [is] in Christ Jesus.
For they that have used the office of a deacon well, purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith, which is in Christ Jesus.
14 These things I write to thee, hoping to come to thee more quickly;
These things I write to thee, hoping to come to thee shortly:
15 but if I delay, in order that thou mayest know how one ought to conduct oneself in God's house, which is [the] assembly of [the] living God, [the] pillar and base of the truth.
But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
16 And confessedly the mystery of piety is great. God has been manifested in flesh, has been justified in [the] Spirit, has appeared to angels, has been preached among [the] nations, has been believed on in [the] world, has been received up in glory.
And without controversy, great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached to the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
