3:1 This
is
a
true
saying:
If
a
man
desire
the
office
of
a
Bishop,
he
desireth
a
good
worke.
3:2 A
Bishop
then
must
be
blamelesse,
the
husband
of
one
wife,
vigilant,
sober,
of
good
behauiour,
giuen
to
hospitalitie,
apt
to
teach;
3:3 Not
giuen
to
wine,
no
striker,
not
greedy
of
filthy
lucre,
but
patient,
not
a
brawler,
not
couetous;
3:4 One
that
ruleth
well
his
owne
house,
hauing
his
children
in
subiection
with
all
grauitie.
3:5 (For
if
a
man
know
not
how
to
rule
his
owne
house,
how
shall
he
take
care
of
the
Church
of
God)
3:6 Not
a
nouice,
lest
being
lifted
vp
with
pride,
hee
fall
into
the
condemnation
of
the
deuill.
3:7 Moreouer,
hee
must
haue
a
good
report
of
them
which
are
without,
lest
he
fall
into
reproch,
and
the
snare
of
the
deuill.
3:8 Likewise
must
the
Deacons
bee
graue,
not
double
tongued,
not
giuen
to
much
wine,
not
greedy
of
filthy
lucre,
3:9 Holding
the
mysterie
of
the
faith
in
a
pure
conscience.
3:10 And
let
these
also
first
be
proued;
then
let
them
vse
the
office
of
a
Deacon,
being
found
blamelesse.
3:11 Euen
so
must
their
wiues
be
graue;
not
slanderers,
sober,
faithfull
in
all
things.
3:12 Let
the
Deacons
be
the
husbands
of
one
wife,
ruling
their
children,
and
their
owne
houses
well.
3:13 For
they
that
haue
vsed
the
office
of
a
Deacon
well,
purchase
to
themselues
a
good
degree,
and
great
boldnesse
in
the
faith,
which
is
in
Christ
Iesus.
3:14 These
things
write
I
vnto
thee,
hoping
to
come
vnto
thee
shortly.
3:15 But
if
I
tary
long,
that
thou
mayest
know
how
thou
oughtest
to
behaue
thy
selfe
in
the
House
of
God,
which
is
the
Church
of
the
liuing
God,
the
pillar
and
ground
of
the
trueth.
3:16 And
without
controuersie,
great
is
the
mysterie
of
godlinesse:
God
was
manifest
in
the
flesh,
iustified
in
the
Spirit,
seene
of
Angels,
preached
vnto
the
Gentiles,
beleeued
on
in
the
world,
receiued
vp
into
glory.