1 This [is] a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desires a good work.

2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy profit; but patient, not a brawler (one who gets into fights), not covetous;

4 One that rules well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God-The Father?)

6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

7 Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach (disgrace; shame) and the snare of the devil.

8 Likewise [must] the deacons [be] grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy profit;

9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

10 And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being [found] blameless.

11 Even so [must] wives [be] grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

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

13 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 Moshiach [Messiah] Yeshua [God is Salvation].

14 These things write I unto youi, hoping to come unto youi shortly:

15 But if I wait long, that youi may know how youi ought to behave yourself in the house of God-The Father, which is the church of the living God-The Father, the pillar and ground of the truth.

16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God-The Father was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit [Ruach], seen of angels, preached unto the Goyim [Gentiles], believed on in the world, received up into glory.