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1 Timothy 3

Leaders in the Church

This is a trustworthy saying: “If someone aspires to be a church leader,a he desires an honorable position.”

Qualifications for Overseers

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

So a church leader must be a man whose life is above reproach. He must be faithful to his wife.b He must exercise self-control, live wisely, and have a good reputation. He must enjoy having guests in his home, and he must be able to teach.

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

He must not be a heavy drinkerc or be violent. He must be gentle, not quarrelsome, and not love money.

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

He must manage his own family well, having children who respect and obey him.

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

For if a man cannot manage his own household, how can he take care of God’s church?

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

A church leader must not be a new believer, because he might become proud, and the devil would cause him to fall.d

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

Also, people outside the church must speak well of him so that he will not be disgraced and fall into the devil’s trap.

But 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.

In the same way, deacons must be well respected and have integrity. They must not be heavy drinkers or dishonest with money.

Qualifications for Deacons

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

They must be committed to the mystery of the faith now revealed and must live with a clear conscience.

holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

Before they are appointed as deacons, let them be closely examined. If they pass the test, then let them serve as deacons.

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

In the same way, their wivese must be respected and must not slander others. They must exercise self-control and be faithful in everything they do.

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

A deacon must be faithful to his wife, and he must manage his children and household well.

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

Those who do well as deacons will be rewarded with respect from others and will have increased confidence in their faith in Christ Jesus.

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

The Truths of Our Faith

I am writing these things to you now, even though I hope to be with you soon,

The Mystery of Godliness

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

so that if I am delayed, you will know how people must conduct themselves in the household of God. This is the church of the living God, which is the pillar and foundation of the truth.

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

Without question, this is the great mystery of our faithf:
Christg was revealed in a human body
and vindicated by the Spirit.h
He was seen by angels
and announced to the nations.
He was believed in throughout the world
and taken to heaven in glory.

And 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.

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