1 Timothy 3
1 This is a true saying, If any man desire the office of a Bishop, he desireth a worthie worke.
Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
2 A Bishop therefore must be vnreproueable, the husband of one wife, watching, temperate, modest, harberous, apt to teache,
The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
3 Not giuen to wine, no striker, not giuen to filthy lucre, but gentle, no fighter, not couetous,
no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;
4 One that can rule his owne house honestly, hauing children vnder obedience with all honestie.
one that ruleth well his own house, having [his] children in subjection with all gravity;
5 For if any cannot rule his owne house, how shall he care for the Church of God?
(but if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
6 He may not be a yong scholer, lest he being puffed vp fall into the condemnation of the deuill.
not a novice, lest being puffed up he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
7 He must also be well reported of, euen of them which are without, lest he fall into rebuke, and the snare of the deuill.
Moreover he must have good testimony from them that are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
8 Likewise must Deacons be graue, not double tongued, not giuen vnto much wine, neither to filthy lucre,
Deacons in like manner [must be] grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
9 Hauing the mysterie of the faith in pure conscience.
holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
10 And let them first be proued: then let them minister, if they be found blameles.
And let these also first be proved; then let them serve as deacons, if they be blameless.
11 Likewise their wiues must be honest, not euill speakers, but sober, and faithfull in all things.
Women in like manner [must be] grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.
12 Let the Deacons be the husbands of one wife, and such as can rule their children well, and their owne housholdes.
Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling [their] children and their own houses well.
13 For they that haue ministred well, get them selues a good degree, and great libertie in the faith, which is in Christ Iesus.
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.
14 These things write I vnto thee, trusting to come very shortly vnto thee.
These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly;
15 But if I tary long, that thou maist yet know, how thou oughtest to behaue thy self in ye house of God, which is the Church of the liuing God, the pillar and ground of trueth.
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.
16 And without controuersie, great is the mysterie of godlinesse, which is, God is manifested in the flesh, iustified in the Spirit, seene of Angels, preached vnto the Gentiles, beleeued on in the world, and receiued vp in glorie.
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.
