3The saying is trustworthy: if anyone aspires to supervision, he desires a good work. ²Therefore the overseer must be irreproachable, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, skillful in teaching, ³not addicted to wine, not a violent person, but gentle, peaceable, not loving money, ⁴managing 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?), ⁶not newly converted, lest he become conceited and fall into the condemnation of the devil. ⁷But he must also have a good testimony from those outside, in order that he may not fall into disgrace and the trap of the devil.

Qualifications for Deacons

⁸Deacons likewise must be dignified, not insincere, not devoted to much wine, not fond of dishonest gain, ⁹holding the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience, ¹⁰and these also must be tested first; then let them serve if they^* are above reproach. ¹¹The wives^a likewise must be dignified, not slanderous, temperate, faithful in all things. ¹²Deacons must be husbands of one wife, managing their children and their own households well. ¹³For those who have served well acquire a good standing for themselves, and great boldness in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.

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Footnotes

*Here “if” is supplied as a component of the participle (“are”) which is understood as conditional
aOr “The women”