1 Timothy 3:1-10 ▼

1 Trustworthy is the word: If anyone aspires to overseership, he is desirous of a good work.

2 Therefore it is necessary for the overseer to be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober, sound-minded, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

3 not given to wine, not a striker but gentle, not quarrelsome, not loving money,

4 presiding over his own house well, having children in submission, with all dignity—

5 but if anyone does not know how to preside over his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?—

6 not a novice, lest, having been puffed up, he might fall into the judgment of the devil.

7 And it is necessary for him also to have a good testimony from those outside, so that he might not fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

8 Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued, not being given to much wine, not greedy for shameful gain,

9 holding the mystery of the faith with a pure conscience.

10 And these also, let them be tested first; then let them serve, being blameless.