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Qualifications for Overseers
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
Qualifications for Overseers and Deacons
Here is a trustworthy saying: Whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble task.
Here is a trustworthy saying: Whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble task.
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.
One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
(If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church?)
Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same judgment as the devil.
Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
He must also have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the devil’s trap.
Qualifications for Deacons
Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
They must keep hold of the deep truths of the faith with a clear conscience.
And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
They must first be tested; and then if there is nothing against them, let them serve as deacons.
Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
A deacon must be faithful to his wife and must manage his children and his household well.
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 Christ Jesus.
Those who have served well gain an excellent standing and great assurance in their faith in Christ Jesus.
The Mystery of Godliness
These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:
These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:
Reasons for Paul’s Instructions
Although I hope to come to you soon, I am writing you these instructions so that,
Although I hope to come to you soon, I am writing you these instructions so that,
But 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.
if I am delayed, you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.
And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.