1This is a true saying, A man desiring the position of a Bishop has a desire for a good work.
2The Bishop, then, is to be a man of good name, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, serious-minded, having respect for order, opening his house freely to guests, a ready teacher;
3Not quickly moved to wrath or blows, but gentle; no fighter, no lover of money;
4Ruling his house well, having his children under control with all serious behaviour;
5(For if a man has not the art of ruling his house, how will he take care of the church of God?)
6Not one newly taken into the church, for fear that, through his high opinion of himself, he may come into the same sin as the Evil One.
7And he is to have a good name among those outside the church, so that nothing may be said against him and he may not be taken by the designs of the Evil One.
