1 Timothy 3:1-10 ▼

1 This is a faithful saying: Yf a man desire ye office of a bishop, he desireth a good worke.

2 A bishop therfore must be blamelesse, the husband of one wyfe, watchyng, sober, comely apparelled, a louer of hospitalitie, apt to teache,

3 Not geuen to ouermuch wine, no striker, not greedy of fylthy lucre: but gentle, abhorryng fyghtyng, abhorryng couetousnesse:

4 One that ruleth well his owne house, hauyng chyldren in subiection, with all grauitie.

5 For yf a man knowe not to rule his owne house, howe shall he care for the Churche of God?

6 Not a young scoler, lest he, beyng puffed vp, fall into the condempnation of the deuyll.

7 He must also haue a good report of the which are without, lest he fall into the rebuke and snare of the deuyll.

8 Likewise must ye ministers be graue, not double tongued, not geuen to much wine, neither greedy of fylthy lucre:

9 Holdyng the misterie of the fayth in a pure conscience.

10 And let them first be proued, then let them minister, beyng blamelesse.