3:1   We make a trustworthy statement: if any man aspires to the office of overseer, he desires to do a fine work.

3:2   An overseer, then, must live above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, prudent, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

3:3   not addicted to wine or pugnacious, but gentle, peaceable, free from the love of money.

3:4  He must manage his own household well, keeping his children under control with all dignity

3:5   (but if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?),

3:6   and not a new convert, so that he will not become conceited and fall into the condemnation incurred by the devil.

3:7   And he must have a good reputation with those outside the church, so that he will not fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

3:8   Deacons likewise must behave with dignity, not double-tongued, or addicted to much wine or fond of sordid gain,

3:9   but holding to the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience.

3:10   These men must also first submit to testing; then let them serve as deacons if they prove beyond reproach.

3:11   Women must likewise show dignity, not malicious gossips, but temperate, faithful in all things.

3:12   Deacons must have only one wife, and good managers of their children and their own households.

3:13   For those who have served well as deacons obtain for themselves a high standing and great confidence in the faith in Christ Jesus.

3:14   I write these things to you, hoping to come to you before long;

3:15   but in case something delays me, I write so that you will know how one ought to conduct himself in the household of God, the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth.

3:16   By common confession, great we regard the mystery of godliness: He who revealed Himself in the flesh, Received vindication in the Spirit, Viewed by angels,Proclaimed among the nations, Believed on in the world, Taken up in glory.