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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.
Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach;
not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.
one who rules his own house well, having his children in submission with all reverence
(If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church?)
(for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?);
He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same judgment as 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 have a good testimony among those who are outside, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
Qualifications of Deacons
Likewise deacons must be reverent, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy for money,
Likewise deacons must be reverent, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy for money,
They must keep hold of the deep truths 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.
But let these also first be tested; then let them serve as deacons, being found blameless.
A deacon must be faithful to his wife and must manage his children and his household well.
Let deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
Those who have served well gain an excellent standing and great assurance in their faith in Christ Jesus.
For those who have served well as deacons obtain for themselves a good standing and great boldness in the faith which 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 Great Mystery
These things I write to you, though I hope to come to you shortly;
These things I write to you, though I hope to come to you shortly;
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.