1 Trustworthy [is] the word: If anyone aspires to overseership, he is desirous of a good work. VP
2 Therefore it is necessary for the overseer to be above reproach, [the] husband of one wife, sober, sound-minded, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, VP
3 not given to wine, not a striker but gentle, not quarrelsome, not loving money, VP
4 presiding over [his] own house well, having children in submission, with all dignity— VP
5 but if anyone does not know [how] to preside over [his] own house, how will he take care of [the] church of God?— VP
6 not a novice, lest, having been puffed up, he might fall into [the] judgment of the devil. VP
7 And it is necessary [for him] also to have a good testimony from those outside, so that he might not fall into reproach and [the] snare of the devil. VP
8 Deacons likewise [must be] dignified, not double-tongued, not being given to much wine, not greedy for shameful gain, VP
9 holding the mystery of the faith with a pure conscience. VP
10 And these also, let them be tested first; then let them serve, being blameless. VP
11 Women likewise [must be] dignified, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. VP
12 Let deacons be husbands of one wife, presiding over [their] children and [their] own houses well. VP
13 For those having served well acquire a good standing for themselves and great confidence in [the] faith that [is] in Christ Jesus. VP
14 I write these things to you, hoping to come to you in quickness, VP
15 but if I should delay, so that you may know how it is necessary to conduct oneself in [the] house of God, which is [the] church of [the] living God, [the] pillar and base of the truth. VP
16 And confessedly, great is the mystery of godliness: [He] who appeared in flesh, was justified in [the] Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among [the] nations, was believed on in [the] world, was taken up in glory. VP