1: This
is a true saying If any desire the episkopē (the over-sight) they
desire a good work 2: Overseers then must be blameless husbands of
[only] one wife not polygamists vigilant sober of good behavior
given to hospitality apt to teach 3: Not given to wine no striker [not
wife-beaters] not greedy of sordid gain but patient not brawlers nor
covetous 4: managing well their own households having children in obedience
with all respect 5: For if any know not how to manage their own households
how shall they care for the Church of God 6: Not novices lest being
lifted up with pride they fall into the condemnation of the devil 7:
Moreover they must have good reports of them which are without lest they fall
into reproach and the snares of the devil 8: Likewise diakonos servants of the Body of
Christ [must] be honest not doubletongued not given to much wine nor
greedy for sordid gain 9: Holding [forth] the mystery of the faith with
pure consciences 10: And let these also first be tested then let them serve
being found blameless 11: Likewise women [who desire the office, be] honest not slanderers
sober faithful in all things[1] 12:
Let diakonos [servants] be husbands
of [only] one wife setting before their children and their households good [examples]
13: For they that have served well purchase to themselves a good reputation
and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus 14: These
things write I unto thee hoping to come to you shortly 15: But if I
tarry that you may know how you ought to behave in the house of God which is
the Church of the Living God [who is] the pillar and ground of the truth 16:
And without controversy great is the Mystery of Godliness God was manifest in
the flesh [Jesus] justified in the Spirit seen of angels preached to
the Gentiles [Jesus] believed on in the world received up into glory
[Jesus is God]
[1] There is nothing in this chapter that excludes
women from service in any capacity the Spirit of the Lord may call them—even overseers
if that is the case.
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