6 alguém que seja irrepreensível, marido de uma só mulher, que tenha filhos crentes que não são acusados de dissolução, nem são insubordinados. 7 Porque é indispensável que o bispo seja irrepreensível como despenseiro de Deus, não arrogante, não irascível, não dado ao vinho, nem violento, nem cobiçoso de torpe ganância; 8 antes, hospitaleiro, amigo do bem, sóbrio, justo, piedoso, que tenha domínio de si, 9 apegado à palavra fiel, que é segundo a doutrina, de modo que tenha poder tanto para exortar pelo reto ensino como para convencer os que o contradizem.

6 if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children that believe, who are not accused of riot or unruly. 7 For the bishop must be blameless, as God’s steward; not self-willed, not soon angry, no brawler, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; 8 but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled; 9 holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able both to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict the gainsayers.

6 An elder must be blameless, faithful to his wife, a man whose children believe "and are not open to the charge of being wild and disobedient.

7 Since an overseer manages God's household, he must be blameless —not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain.

8 Rather, he must be hospitable, one who loves what is good, who is self-controlled, upright, holy and disciplined.

9 He must hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine and refute those who oppose it.