Timotheum I 3

1 fidelis sermo si quis episcopatum desiderat bonum opus desiderat

This is a faithful saying: If someone aspires to the office of bishop, he desires a good work.

2 oportet ergo episcopum inreprehensibilem esse unius uxoris virum sobrium prudentem ornatum hospitalem doctorem

The overseer, therefore, must be beyond criticism, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, good at teaching;

3 non vinolentum non percussorem sed modestum non litigiosum non cupidum

not a drunkard, not violent, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money;

4 suae domui bene praepositum filios habentem subditos cum omni castitate

one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;

5 si quis autem domui suae praeesse nescit quomodo ecclesiae Dei diligentiam habebit

(but if someone does not know how to manage his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?)

6 non neophytum ne in superbia elatus in iudicium incidat diaboli

not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.

7 oportet autem illum et testimonium habere bonum ab his qui foris sunt ut non in obprobrium incidat et laqueum diaboli

Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into disgrace and the trap of the devil.

8 diaconos similiter pudicos non bilingues non multo vino deditos non turpe lucrum sectantes

Deacons, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not devoted to a lot of wine, not greedy for money;

9 habentes mysterium fidei in conscientia pura

holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

10 et hii autem probentur primum et sic ministrent nullum crimen habentes

Let them also first be tested; then let them serve as deacons, if they are blamesless.

11 mulieres similiter pudicas non detrahentes sobrias fideles in omnibus

Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

12 diacones sint unius uxoris viri qui filiis suis bene praesunt et suis domibus

Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

13 qui enim bene ministraverint gradum sibi bonum adquirent et multam fiduciam in fide quae est in Christo Iesu

For those who have served well as deacons gain for themselves a good standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

14 haec tibi scribo sperans venire ad te cito

These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly;

15 si autem tardavero ut scias quomodo oporteat te in domo Dei conversari quae est ecclesia Dei vivi columna et firmamentum veritatis

but if I wait long, that you may know how people 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 et manifeste magnum est pietatis sacramentum quod manifestatum est in carne iustificatum est in spiritu apparuit angelis praedicatum est gentibus creditum est in mundo adsumptum est in gloria

Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: He was revealed in the flesh, justified by the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory.