Anderson - I Timothy - 3

3:1  This is a true saying: If any desires the office of a bishop, he desires a good work.

3:2  A bishop, then, must be blameless, the husband of one wife, watchful, soberminded, modest, hospitable, able to teach,

3:3  not fond of wine, not quarrelsome, not one who makes money by base means; but gentle, not contentious, not covetous;

3:4  one that rules his own house well; having his children in subjection with all gravity:

3:5  for if a man knows not how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?

3:6  Not a new convert, lest, having become conceited, he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

3:7  Further, he must have a good reputation from those who are without, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

3:8  The deacons, likewise, must be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not makers of money by base means,

3:9  holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

3:10  And let these also be first proved, then let them become deacons, being blameless.

3:11  Their wives likewise must be grave, not slanderers, watchful, faithful in all things.

3:12  Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

3:13  For those who have filled the office of a deacon well, gain for themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.

3:14  I write these things to you, hoping to come to you shortly;

3:15  but if I delay, that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth.

3:16  And confessedly great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in flesh, justified in spirit, seen by angels, preached among the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up in glory.