1 Timothy 3

1Stedfast <FI>is<Fi> the word: If any one the oversight doth long for, a right work he desireth;

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

2it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,

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

3not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre, but gentle, not contentious, not a lover of money,

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

4his own house leading well, having children in subjection with all gravity,

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

5(and if any one his own house <FI>how<Fi> to lead hath not known, how an assembly of God shall he take care of?)

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

6not a new convert, lest having been puffed up he may fall to a judgment of the devil;

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

7and it behoveth him also to have a good testimony from those without, that he may not fall into reproach and a 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.

8Ministrants--in like manner grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not given to filthy lucre,

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

9having the secret of the faith in a pure conscience,

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

10and let these also first be proved, then let them minister, being unblameable.

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

11Women--in like manner grave, not false accusers, vigilant, faithful in all things.

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

12Ministrants--let them be of one wife husbands; the children leading well, and their own houses,

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

13for those who did minister well a good step to themselves do acquire, and much boldness in faith that <FI>is<Fi> 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 to come unto thee soon,

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

15and if I delay, that thou mayest know how it behoveth <FI>thee<Fi> to conduct thyself in the house of God, which is an assembly of the living God--a pillar and foundation 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, confessedly, great is the secret of piety--God was manifested in flesh, declared righteous in spirit, seen by messengers, preached among nations, believed on in the world, 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.