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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.
Qualifications for Overseers
The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task.
The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task.
Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.
not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.
He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive,
(If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church?)
for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God’s church?
He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same judgment as the devil.
He must not be a recent convert, or he may become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation 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.
Moreover, he must be well thought of by outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace, into a snare of the devil.
They must keep hold of the deep truths of the faith with a clear conscience.
They must hold the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience.
They must first be tested; and then if there is nothing against them, let them serve as deacons.
And let them also be tested first; then let them serve as deacons if they prove themselves blameless.
A deacon must be faithful to his wife and must manage his children and his household well.
Let deacons each be the husband of one wife, managing their children and their own households well.
Those who have served well gain an excellent standing and great assurance in their faith in Christ Jesus.
For those who serve well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and also great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.
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,
The Mystery of Godliness
I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these things to you so that,
I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these things to you so that,
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.
if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth.