1 Timothy 3

1A faithful saying: If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth good work.

1The word [is] faithful: if any one aspires to exercise oversight, he desires a good work.

2It behoveth therefore a bishop to be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, prudent, of good behaviour, chaste, given to hospitality, a teacher,

2The overseer then must be irreproachable, husband of one wife, sober, discreet, decorous, hospitable, apt to teach;

3Not given to wine, no striker, but modest, not quarrelsome, not covetous, but

3not given to excesses from wine, not a striker, but mild, not addicted to contention, not fond of money,

4One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all chastity.

4conducting his own house well, having [his] children in subjection with all gravity;

5But if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?

5(but if one does not know how to conduct his own house, how shall he take care of the assembly ofGod?)

6Not a neophyte: lest, being puffed up with pride, he fall into the judgment of the devil.

6not a novice, that he may not, being inflated, fall into [the] fault of the devil.

7Moreover, he must have a good testimony of them who are without: lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

7But it is necessary that he should have also a good testimony from those without, that he may fall not into reproach and [the] snare of the devil.

8Deacons in like manner: chaste, not double tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre:

8Ministers, in like manner, grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not seeking gain by base means,

9Holding the mystery of faith in a pure conscience.

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

10And let these also first be proved: and so let them minister, having no crime.

10And let these be first proved, then let them minister, being without charge [against them].

11The women in like manner: chaste, not slanderers, but sober, faithful in all things.

11[The] women in like manner grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

12Let deacons be the husbands of one wife: who rule well their children and their own houses.

12Let [the] ministers be husbands of one wife, conducting [their] children and their own houses well:

13For they that have ministered well shall purchase to themselves a good degree and much confidence in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

13for those who shall have ministered well obtain for themselves a good degree, and much boldness in faith which [is] in Christ Jesus.

14These things I write to thee, hoping that I shall come to thee shortly.

14These things I write to thee, hoping to come to thee more quickly;

15But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

15but if I delay, in order that thou mayest know how one ought to conduct oneself inGod's house, which is [the] assembly of [the] livingGod, [the] pillar and base of the truth.

16And evidently great is the mystery of godliness, which was manifested in the flesh, was justified in the spirit, appeared unto angels, hath been preached unto the Gentiles, is believed in the world, is taken up in glory.

16And confessedly the mystery of piety is great.God has been manifested in flesh, has been justified in [the] Spirit, has appeared to angels, has been preached among [the] nations, has been believed on in [the] world, has been received up in glory.