1 The saying
2 Therefore the overseer must be irreproachable, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, skillful in teaching,
3 not addicted to wine, not a violent person, but gentle, peaceable, not loving money,
4 managing his own household well, having children in submission with all dignity
5 (but if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?),
6 not newly converted, lest he become conceited
7 But
8 Deacons likewise
9 holding the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience,
10 and these also must be tested first; then let them serve
11 The wives
12 Deacons must be husbands of one wife, managing
13 For those who have served well acquire a good standing for themselves, and great boldness in the faith
14 I am writing these
15 But if I am delayed,
16 And most certainly, great is the mystery of godliness: