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1 Timothy 3:1-8

1 It is a trustworthy statement: if any man aspires to the office of overseer, it is a fine work he desires to do.

1 Here is a trustworthy saying: Whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble task.

2 An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, prudent, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

2 Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

3 not addicted to wine or pugnacious, but gentle, peaceable, free from the love of money.

3 not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.

4 He must be one who manages his own household well, keeping his children under control with all dignity

4 He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him, and he must do so in a manner worthy of full respect.

5 (but if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?),

5 (If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church?)

6 and not a new convert, so that he will not become conceited and fall into the condemnation incurred by the devil.

6 He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same judgment as the devil.

7 And he must have a good reputation with those outside the church, so that he will not fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

7 He must also have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the devil’s trap.

8 Deacons likewise must be men of dignity, not double-tongued, or addicted to much wine or fond of sordid gain,

8 In the same way, deacons are to be worthy of respect, sincere, not indulging in much wine, and not pursuing dishonest gain.