1This is a true saying, If a man…
2A bishop then must be blameless, the husband…
3Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy…
4One that ruleth well his own house, having…
5(For if a man know not how to…
6Not a novice, lest being lifted up with…
7Moreover he must have a good report of…
8Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued,…
9Holding the mystery of the faith in a…
10And let these also first be proved; then…
11Even so must their wives be grave, not…
12Let the deacons be the husbands of one…
13For they that have used the office of…
14These things write I unto thee, hoping to…
15But if I tarry long, that thou mayest…
16And without controversy great is the mystery of…
