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1 Timothy 3:1-13 CEV
(1) It is true that anyone who desires to be a church official wants to be something worthwhile.
(2) That's why officials must have a good reputation and be faithful in marriage. They must be self-controlled, sensible, well-behaved, friendly to strangers, and able to teach.
(3) They must not be heavy drinkers or troublemakers. Instead, they must be kind and gentle and not love money.
(4) Church officials must be in control of their own families, and they must see that their children are obedient and always respectful.
(5) If they don't know how to control their own families, how can they look after God's people?
(6) They must not be new followers of the Lord. If they are, they might become proud and be doomed along with the devil.
(7) Finally, they must be well-respected by people who are not followers. Then they won't be trapped and disgraced by the devil.
(8) Church officers should be serious. They must not be liars, heavy drinkers, or greedy for money.
(9) And they must have a clear conscience and hold firmly to what God has shown us about our faith.
(10) They must first prove themselves. Then if no one has anything against them, they can serve as officers.
(11) Women must also be serious. They must not gossip or be heavy drinkers, and they must be faithful in everything they do.
(12) Church officers must be faithful in marriage. They must be in full control of their children and everyone else in their home.
(13) Those who serve well as officers will earn a good reputation and will be highly respected for their faith in Christ Jesus.
1 Timothy 3:1-13 ALT
(1) Trustworthy [is] the word: If anyone aspires to [the] position of overseer [Gr. episkope], he desires a good work.
(2) Therefore, it is necessary [for] the overseer to be blameless [or, above reproach], [the] husband of one wife [or, a one-wife kind of man], temperate, self-controlled, sensible, a friend of strangers [or, hospitable], skillful at teaching,
(3) not addicted to wine, not violent [or, quarrelsome], not greedy for dishonest gain, _but_ gentle [or, considerate], peaceable, not a lover of money;
(4) leading his own house well, having children in submission with all dignity,
(5) (but if someone does not know [how] to lead his own house, how can he take care of an assembly [or, church] of God?),
(6) not a new convert, lest having been swollen up with pride he should fall into [the] judgment of the Devil.
(7) And it is necessary [for] him also to have a good testimony from the [ones] outside [fig., unbelievers], lest he fall into disgrace and a snare of the Devil.
(8) In the same manner, deacons [are to be] worthy of respect, not double-tongued, not being given to much wine, not greedy for dishonest gain,
(9) holding the secret [or, mystery] of the faith in a pure conscience.
(10) But let these also first be tested, then let them be serving as a deacon, being beyond reproach.
(11) In the same manner, women [or, [their] wives] [are to be] worthy of respect, not slanderous, temperate, faithful in all [things].
(12) Let deacons be husbands of one wife [or, one-wife kind of men], leading their children well and their own houses.
(13) For the ones having served as a deacon well obtain to themselves a good standing and much boldness [or, confidence] in faith, the [one] in Christ Jesus.
1 Timothy 3:1-13 Darby
(1) The word is faithful: if any one aspires to exercise oversight, he desires a good work.
(2) The overseer then must be irreproachable, husband of one wife, sober, discreet, decorous, hospitable, apt to teach;
(3) not given to excesses from wine, not a striker, but mild, not addicted to contention, not fond of money,
(4) conducting his own house well, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
(5) (but if one does not know how to conduct his own house, how shall he take care of the assembly of God?)
(6) not a novice, that he may not, being inflated, fall into the fault of the devil.
(7) But it is necessary that he should have also a good testimony from those without, that he may fall not into reproach and the snare of the devil.
(8) Ministers, in like manner, grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not seeking gain by base means,
(9) holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
(10) And let these be first proved, then let them minister, being without charge against them .
(11) The women in like manner grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
(12) Let the ministers be husbands of one wife, conducting their children and their own houses well:
(13) for those who shall have ministered well obtain for themselves a good degree, and much boldness in faith which is in Christ Jesus.
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The Translations we quote are:
ALT - Analytical Literal Translation
ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).
Darby - 1889 Darby Bible
DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible
BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English
LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible
KJV - King James Version
MKJV - Modern King James Version
NWT - New World Translation
Webster - 1833 Webster Bible
RV - Revised Version
YLT - Young's Literal Translation