1 This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desires a good work. Compare verse12 commentaries
2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach; Compare verse12 commentaries
3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; Compare verse7 commentaries
4 One that rules well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; Compare verse6 commentaries
5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) Compare verse4 commentaries
6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. Compare verse9 commentaries
7 Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. Compare verse7 commentaries
8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; Compare verse7 commentaries
10 And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless. Compare verse5 commentaries
11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. Compare verse2 commentaries
12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. Compare verse1 commentary
13 For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus. Compare verse5 commentaries
15 But if I tarry long, that you may know how you ought to behave yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. Compare verse12 commentaries
16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached to the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory. Compare verse9 commentaries