1 Timothy 3

NEW JERUSALEM	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 Here is a saying that you can rely on: to want to be a presiding elder is to desire a noble task.	1 This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
2 That is why the presiding elder must have an impeccable character. Husband of one wife, he must betemperate, discreet and courteous, hospitable and a good teacher;	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 a heavy drinker, nor hot-tempered, but gentle and peaceable, not avaricious,	3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
4 a man who manages his own household wel and brings his children up to obey him and be wel -behaved:	4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
5 how can any man who does not understand how to manage his own household take care of the Churchof God?	5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
6 He should not be a new convert, in case pride should turn his head and he incur the samecondemnation as the devil.	6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
7 It is also necessary that he be held in good repute by outsiders, so that he never falls into disrepute andinto the devil's trap.	7 Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
8 Similarly, deacons must be respectable, not double-tongued, moderate in the amount of wine they drinkand with no squalid greed for money.	8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
9 They must hold to the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience.	9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
10 They are first to be examined, and admitted to serve as deacons only if there is nothing against them.	10 And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
11 Similarly, women must be respectable, not gossips, but sober and whol y reliable.	11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
12 Deacons must be husbands of one wife and must be people who manage their children andhouseholds wel .	12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
13 Those of them who carry out their duties wel as deacons wil earn a high standing for themselves andan authoritative voice in matters concerning faith in Christ Jesus.	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 I write this to you in the hope that I may be able to come to you soon;	14 These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:
15 but in case I should be delayed, I want you to know how people ought to behave in God's household --that is, in the Church of the living God, pillar and support of the truth.	15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
16 Without any doubt, the mystery of our religion is very deep indeed: He was made visible in the flesh,justified in the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed to the gentiles, believed in throughout the world, taken up inglory.	16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.