1Faithful is the saying, If a man seeks the office of an overseer, he desires a good work. 2The overseer therefore must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, respectable, hospitable, able to teach; 3not a drunkard, not violent; but gentle, not contentious, not a lover of money; 4one who rules his own house well, having his children in subjection with all dignity; 5(but if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the assembly of God?) 6not a recent convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the condemnation of the devil. 7Moreover he must have a good testimony from those who are outside; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. 8Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy for dishonest gain; 9holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. 10And let these also first be tested; then let them serve as deacons, if they are blameless. 11Women likewise must be dignified, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things. 12Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. 13For those who have served well as deacons gain for themselves a good standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Messiah Yeshua. 14I write these things to you, hoping to come to you shortly; 15but if I am delayed, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth. 16And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness; He who was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the spirit, Seen by angels, Preached among the nations, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory.