Parallel Bible results for "1 Timothy 3:1-7"

1 Timothy 3:1-7

1 This is a true saying: If a man desire the office of bishop, he desireth a good work.

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

2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt at teaching;

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

3 not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for filthy lucre, but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;

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

4 one who ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection 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 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall 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 He must not be a novice in the faith, lest being lifted up with pride, he fall into the condemnation of 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 Moreover he must have a good reputation with those who are outsiders, lest he 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.