1 Timothy 3:1-5 ▼

1 It is a trustworthy saying: if any man aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a good work.

2 An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

3 not addicted to wine or pugnacious, but considerate, peaceable, free from the love of money;

4 leading his own household well, having his children in submission with all dignity

5 (but if a man does not know how to lead his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?),