1. The Word is faithful, If anyone desires the office of a bishop, {to be a pastor or elder in the congregation}, he desires a difficult ministry.
2. It is expedient, therefore, that the bishop be blameless, the husband of only one wife, vigilant, temperate, of worldly affections mortified, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
3. not given to wine, not hurtful, not greedy of dishonest gain, but gentle, not contentious, not covetous;
4. one that rules well his own house, having his children in subjection with all integrity;
5. (for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the congregation {Gr. ekklesia – called out ones} of God?)