1 Faithful is the saying, If any man aspires to supervision, he desires a good work.
2 The overseer therefore must be blameless, the husband of one wife, without wine, serious minded, disciplined, loving strangers, able to teach,
3 no drunkard, not a fighter, not greedy of base gain, but meek, noncontentious, no lover of money,
4 a man who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all propriety
5 (but if any man knows not how to rule his own house, how will he take care of a congregation of God?),
6 not a new convert, lest having been puffed up he may fall into the condemnation of the devil.
7 And he must also have good testimony from those outside, lest he may fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
8 Helpers likewise, be honorable, not double-tongued, not attending to much wine, not greedy of base gain,
9 holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
10 And let these also first be proven, then being blameless, let them serve as deacons.
11 The wives likewise, be honorable, not slanderous, without wine, faithful in all things.
12 Let helpers be husbands of one wife, ruling children and their own houses well.
13 For those who serve well will acquire to themselves a good standing, and much boldness in the faith in Christ Jesus.
14 These things I write to thee, hoping to come to thee sooner,
15 but if I delay, that thou may know how it is necessary to live in a house of God, which is a congregation of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.
16 And without controversy great is the mystery of piety. God was manifested in flesh, justified in spirit, seen by heavenly agents, proclaimed among nations, believed in the world, taken up in glory.
1 This is a true sayinge. Yf a ma covet ye office of a bysshope he desyreth a good worke.
2 Ye and a bisshope must be fautlesse the husband of one wyfe sober discrete honestly aparelled harberous apt to teache
3 not dronke no fighter not geve to filthy lucre: but gentle abhorrynge fightynge abhorrynge coveteousnes
4 and one that rueleth his awne housse honestly havynge chyldren vnder obedience with all honeste.
5 For yf a man cannot rule his owne housse how shall he care for the congregacion of God.
6 He maye not be a yonge skoler lest he swell and faule into the iudgement of the evyll
7 speaker. He must also be well reported of amonge them which are with out forth lest he fall into rebuke and snare of the evyll speaker.
8 Lykwyse must the deacons be honest not double tonged not geve vnto moche drynkinge nether vnto filthy lucre:
9 but havynge the mistery of the fayth in pure consciece.
10 And let them fyrst be proved and then let them minister yf they be founde fautlesse.
11 Even so must their wynes be honest not evyll speakers: but sober and faythfull in all thinges.
12 Let the deacons be the husbandes of one wyfe and suche as rule their chyldren well and their awne housholdes.
13 For they that minister well get them selves good degre and greate libertie in the fayth which is in Christ Iesu.
14 These thinges write I vnto the trustinge to come shortly vnto the:
15 but and yf I tarie longe yt then thou mayst yet have knowledge how thou oughtest to behave thy silfe in the housse of God which is the congregacion of the livinge God the pillar and grounde of trueth.
16 And with out naye great is that mistery of godlines: God was shewed in the flesshe was iustified in the sprete was sene of angels was preached vnto the gentyls was beleved on in erth and receaved vp in glory.