1 Timothy 3
1 A faithful saying: if a man desire 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 It behoveth therefore a bishop to be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, prudent, of good behaviour, chaste, given to hospitality, a teacher,
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 Not given to wine, no striker, but modest, not quarrelsome, not covetous, but
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 chastity.
leading his own house well, having children in subjection with all dignity,
5 But if a man know 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 neophyte: lest being puffed up with pride, he fall into the judgment 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 a good testimony of them who 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 chaste, 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 faith in a pure conscience.
having the secret of the faith in a pure conscience,
10 And let these also first be proved: and so let them minister, having no crime.
and let these also first be proved, then let them minister, being unblameable.
11 The women in like manner chaste, not slanderers, but sober, faithful in all things.
Women, in like manner, dignified, not false accusers, vigilant, faithful in all things.
12 Let deacons be the husbands of one wife: who rule well their children, and their own houses.
Servants—let them be husbands of one wife, leading the children well, and their own houses,
13 For they that have ministered well, shall purchase to themselves a good degree, and much confidence 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 I write to thee, hoping that I shall come to 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 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.
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 evidently great is the mystery of godliness, which was manifested in the flesh, was justified in the spirit, appeared unto angels, hath been preached unto the Gentiles, is believed in the world, is taken 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!
