1. This saying is trustworthy: “If anyone aspires to be an overseer, he desires a noble work.”
2. An overseer, therefore, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, sensible, respectable, hospitable, an able teacher,
3. not addicted to wine, not a bully but gentle, not quarrelsome, not greedy —
4. one who manages his own household competently, having his children under control with all dignity.
5. (If anyone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of God’s church?)