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1 This [is] a true saying, Whoever desires the office of an overseer, desires a good job or office.
2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
4 One that rules well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
5 (For if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?)
6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
7 Moreover he must have a good report of those who are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
8 Likewise [must] the deacons [be] grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
10 And let these also first be proved [dokimazo]; then let them carry out the office or job of a deacon, being [found] blameless.
 - DOKIMAZO - TEST
11 In the same way the women must be respectable, not putting others down, but self-controlled and completely reliable.
12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
13 For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
14 These things I am writing to you, hoping to come to you shortly:
15 But in the event that I am delayed, you can be aware of how a person should be conducting themselves in God's family and place of residence, which is the church of the living God, the pillar that holds up and supports the truth.
16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached to the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.