Leaders in the Church

3 This is a true saying: if a man is eager to be a church leader, he desires an excellent work. 2*A church leader must be without fault; he must have only one wife,c be sober, self-controlled, and orderly; he must welcome strangers in his home; he must be able to teach; 3*he must not be a drunkard or a violent man, but gentle and peaceful; he must not love money; 4*he must be able to manage his own family well and make his children obey him with all respect. 5*For if a man does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of the church of God? 6*He must be mature in the faith, so that he will not swell up with pride and be condemned, as the Devil was. 7*He should be a man who is respected by the people outside the church, so that he will not be disgraced and fall into the Devil’s trap.