1 Timothy 3
1 This is a true saying, If any man desire the office of a Bishop, he desireth a worthie worke.
This is a true saying: If any desires the office of a bishop, he desires a good work.
2 A Bishop therefore must be vnreproueable, the husband of one wife, watching, temperate, modest, harberous, apt to teache,
A bishop, then, must be blameless, the husband of one wife, watchful, soberminded, modest, hospitable, able to teach,
3 Not giuen to wine, no striker, not giuen to filthy lucre, but gentle, no fighter, not couetous,
not fond of wine, not quarrelsome, not one who makes money by base means; but gentle, not contentious, not covetous;
4 One that can rule his owne house honestly, hauing children vnder obedience with all honestie.
one that rules his own house well; 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?
for if a man knows not how to rule his own house, how will 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 new convert, lest, having become conceited, 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.
Further, he must have a good reputation from those who 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,
The deacons, likewise, must be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not makers of money by base means,
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 be first proved, then let them become deacons, being blameless.
11 Likewise their wiues must be honest, not euill speakers, but sober, and faithfull in all things.
Their wives likewise must be grave, not slanderers, watchful, 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 the deacons be the 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 those who have filled the office of a deacon well, gain for themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.
14 These things write I vnto thee, trusting to come very shortly vnto thee.
I write these things to you, hoping to come to you 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 delay, that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support 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 confessedly great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in flesh, justified in spirit, seen by angels, preached among the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up in glory.
