1 This saying is true. If one earnestly seek the office of a bishop, he desires an excellent work.
2 The bishop, then, must be unclaimed, the husband of one wife, vigilant, prudent, of comely behavior, hospitable, fit to teach;
3 not given to wine, no striker, but gentle; not quarrelsome, nor a lover of money:
4 one who rules well his own house, having his children in subjection to him with all gravity:
5 for if one know not how to govern his own house; how shall he take care of the congregation of God?
6 Not a new convert, lest being puffed up with pride, he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
7 Moreover, he must even have a good report from those without, that he may not fall into reproach, and the snare of the devil.