| 1 Tim. 3:1 |
Faithful is the word: If anyone aspires to the overseership, he desires a good work. |
| 1 Tim. 3:2 |
The overseer then must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, of a sober mind, orderly, hospitable, apt to teach; |
| 1 Tim. 3:3 |
Not an excessive drinker; not a striker, but forbearing; not contentious; not fond of money; |
| 1 Tim. 3:4 |
One who manages well his own house, having [his] children in subjection with all gravity |
| 1 Tim. 3:5 |
(But if one does not know how to manage his own house, how will he care for the church of God?); |
| 1 Tim. 3:6 |
Not a new convert, lest being blinded with pride he fall into the judgment [suffered] by the devil. |
| 1 Tim. 3:7 |
And he also must have a good testimony from those outside, that he may not fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. |
| 1 Tim. 3:8 |
Deacons [must] similarly [be] grave, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for base gain; |
| 1 Tim. 3:9 |
Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. |
| 1 Tim. 3:10 |
And these also must first be proved; then let them minister if they are unreprovable. |
| 1 Tim. 3:11 |
Women similarly [must be] grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things. |
| 1 Tim. 3:12 |
Deacons must be husbands of one wife, managing [their] children and their own houses well. |
| 1 Tim. 3:13 |
For those who have ministered well obtain for themselves a good standing and much boldness in faith, which is in Christ Jesus. |
| 1 Tim. 3:14 |
These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly. |
| 1 Tim. 3:15 |
But if I delay, [I write] that you may know how one ought to conduct himself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and base of the truth. |
| 1 Tim. 3:16 |
And confessedly, great is the mystery of godliness: He who was manifested in the flesh, / Justified in the Spirit, / Seen by angels, / Preached among the nations, / Believed on in the world, / Taken up in glory. |