1. This saying is trustworthy: whoever aspires to the office of bishop desires a noble task.
2. Therefore, a bishop must be irreproachable, married only once, temperate, self-controlled, decent, hospitable, able to teach,
3. not a drunkard, not aggressive, but gentle, not contentious, not a lover of money.
4. He must manage his own household well, keeping his children under control with perfect dignity;
5. for if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how can he take care of the church of God?
6. He should not be a recent convert, so that he may not become conceited and thus incur the devil’s punishment.
7. He must also have a good reputation among outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace, the devil’s trap.