1 Timothy 3:1-5 ▼

1 This saying is trustworthy: “If anyone aspires to be an overseer, he desires a noble work.”

2 An overseer, therefore, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, sensible, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

3 not an excessive drinker, not a bully but gentle, not quarrelsome, not greedy.

4 He must manage his own household competently and have his children under control with all dignity.

5 (If anyone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of God’s church?)