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1 Timothy 3:1-7

1 This is a faithful saying: If a man desires the position of a bishop, he desires 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, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, 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 given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;

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

4 one who rules his own house well, having his children in submission with all reverence

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 does not know how to rule his own house, 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 not a novice, lest being puffed up with pride he fall into the same condemnation as 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 testimony among those who are outside, 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.