1 Timothy 3 — YLT

3Verse 1Stedfast [is] the word: If any one the oversight doth long for, a right work he desireth;^{Verse 2}it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,^{Verse 3}not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre, but gentle, not contentious, not a lover of money,^{Verse 4}his own house leading well, having children in subjection with all gravity,^{Verse 5}(and if any one his own house [how] to lead hath not known, how an assembly of God shall he take care of?)^{Verse 6}not a new convert, lest having been puffed up he may fall to a judgment of the devil;^{Verse 7}and it behoveth him also to have a good testimony from those without, that he may not fall into reproach and a snare of the devil.^{Verse 8}Ministrants — in like manner grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not given to filthy lucre,^{Verse 9}having the secret of the faith in a pure conscience,^{Verse 10}and let these also first be proved, then let them minister, being unblameable.^{Verse 11}Women — in like manner grave, not false accusers, vigilant, faithful in all things.^{Verse 12}Ministrants — let them be of one wife husbands; the children leading well, and their own houses,^{Verse 13}for those who did minister well a good step to themselves do acquire, and much boldness in faith that [is] in Christ Jesus.^{Verse 14}These things I write to thee, hoping to come unto thee soon,^{Verse 15}and if I delay, that thou mayest know how it behoveth [thee] to conduct thyself in the house of God, which is an assembly of the living God — a pillar and foundation of the truth,^{Verse 16}and, confessedly, great is the secret of piety — God was manifested in flesh, declared righteous in spirit, seen by messengers, preached among nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory!