1 Trustworthy is the word: If a man longs for the position of an overseer, he desires a good work.
2 An overseer, then, should be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, sensible, orderly, kind to strangers, able to teach,
3 not given to wine, no brawler, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous,
4 one who rules his own house well, having his children in subjection with all reverence,
5 for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how shall he look after the assembly of Elohim?
6 Not a new convert, lest he become puffed up with pride and fall into the judgment of the devil.
7 And he should even have a good witness from those who are outside, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
8 Likewise attendants are to be reverent, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy for filthy gain,
9 holding to the secret of the belief with a clean conscience.
10 And let these also be proved first, then let them serve, if they are unreprovable.
11 Wives in the same way: reverent, not false accusers, sober, trustworthy in every way.
12 Let attendants be the husbands of one wife, ruling children and their own houses well.
13 For those who have served well as attendants gain good standing for themselves, and much boldness in the belief that is in Mashiaḥ 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏.
14 I am writing you this, expecting to come to you shortly,
15 but if I delay, that you might know how you should behave in the House of Elohim, which is the assembly of the living Elohim – a support and foundation of the truth.
16 And, beyond all question, the secret of reverence is great – who was revealed in the flesh, declared right in Ruaḥ, was seen by messengers, was proclaimed among nations, was believed on in the world, was taken up in esteem.