< 1 Timothy 3 >
1 faithful the/this/who word if one oversight to aspire good work to long for
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desires a good work.
2 be necessary therefore/then the/this/who overseer irreproachable to exist one woman: wife man: husband sober self-controlled respectable hospitable able 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 drunken not bully (not greedy *K*) but gentle peacable not greedy
Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
4 the/this/who one's own/private house: household well to set before child to have/be in/on/among submission with/after all dignity
One that rules well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
5 if then one the/this/who one's own/private house: household to set before no to know how! assembly God to care
(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
6 not new convert in order that/to not be conceited toward judgment to fall into the/this/who devilish/the Devil
Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
7 be necessary then (it/s/he *k*) and testimony good to have/be away from the/this/who outside in order that/to not toward reproach to fall into and trap the/this/who devilish/the Devil
Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
8 servant likewise noble not insincere not wine much to watch out not greedy
Likewise must the deacons be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
9 to have/be the/this/who mystery the/this/who faith in/on/among clean conscience
Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
10 and this/he/she/it then to test first then to serve irreproachable to be
And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
11 woman: wife likewise noble not devilish/the Devil (sober *N(k)O*) faithful in/on/among all
Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
12 servant to be one woman: wife man: husband child well to set before and the/this/who one's own/private house: household
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
13 the/this/who for well to serve standing themself good to gain and much boldness in/on/among faith the/this/who in/on/among 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 this/he/she/it you to write to hope/expect to come/go to/with you (in/on/among *no*) (speed *N(k)O*)
These things write I to you, hoping to come to you shortly:
15 if then to delay in order that/to to know how! be necessary in/on/among house: household God to live/return who/which to be assembly God to live pillar and foundation the/this/who truth
But if I tarry long, that you may know how you ought to behave yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
16 and undeniably great to be the/this/who the/this/who piety mystery (which *N(K)O*) to reveal in/on/among flesh to justify in/on/among spirit/breath: spirit to appear angel to preach in/on/among Gentiles to trust (in) in/on/among world to take up in/on/among glory
And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached to the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.