1 Timothy 3
1 Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
Trustworthy [is] the saying: If anyone overseership aspires to, of good a work he is desirous.
2 The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, soberminded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
It behooves therefore the overseer above reproach to be, of one wife [the] husband, sober, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
3 no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;
not given to wine, not a striker (not greedy of base gain *K*) but gentle, peaceable, not loving money,
4 one that ruleth well his own house, having [his] children in subjection with all gravity;
[his] own house well managing, children having in submission 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?)
if but one his [own] household to manage not knows, how [the] church of God will he care for?
6 not a novice, lest being puffed up he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
not a novice, that not having been puffed up into [the] judgment he may fall 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.
It behooves now (him *k*) also a testimony good to have from those outside, so that not into reproach he may fall and [the] snare of the devil.
8 Deacons in like manner [must be] grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
Deacons likewise [must be] dignified, not double-tongued, not to wine much being given, not greedy of dishonest gain,
9 holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
holding to the mystery of the faith with clear a conscience.
10 And let these also first be proved; then let them serve as deacons, if they be blameless.
Also these now they should be tested first, then they should serve blameless being.
11 Women in like manner [must be] grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.
Women likewise [must be] dignified, not slanderers, (clear-minded, *N(k)O*) faithful in all things.
12 Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling [their] children and their own houses well.
Deacons should be of one wife husbands, [their] children well managing and [their] own households.
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.
Those for well having served a standing for themselves good acquire and great confidence in [the] faith that [is] in Christ Jesus.
14 These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly;
These things to you I am writing hoping to come to you (with *no*) (speed; *N(k)O*)
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.
if however I shall delay, so that you may know how it behooves [one] in [the] household of God to conduct oneself, which is [the] church of God [the] living, [the] pillar and base 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 of godliness mystery: (Who *N(K)O*) was revealed in [the] flesh, was justified in [the] Spirit, beheld by angels, was proclaimed among [the] nations, was believed on in [the] world, was taken up in glory.
