1 It is note certain, if any one is note desirous of the episcopal
office, he desireth a good work.
2 A bishop then must
be blameless, the husband of but one wife, sober, prudent,
note grave,
3 hospitable, able to teach, not given to
wine, no striker, not greedy of sordid gain, note note moderate,
not quarrelsome,
4 not note covetous, governing his own family
well, having his children in subjection with all
gravity;
5 (for if any one know not how to govern his
own house, how shall he take care of the church of
God?
6 ) not one newly converted, least being puffed up
he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
7 He ought
also to have an honorable testimony from those that are
without, least he fall into reproach and the snare of the
devil.
8 The deacons should likewise be grave, not double-tongued,
not given to much wine, not greedy of
base gain,
9 holding the mystery of the faith in a
pure conscience.
10 (And let these also first be proved,
then let them take the office of deacons, if they be
found blameless.)
11 And their wives likewise grave, not
slanderers, sober, and faithful in all things.
12 Let the
deacons too be husbands of one wife only, governing
their children and their own houses well.
13 For they,
that discharge the office of a deacon well, gain to
themselves a good degree of honor, and much freedom
in promoting the faith that is in Christ Jesus.
14 These things I write unto thee, hoping to come to
thee shortly.
15 But if I should note be retarded, that thou
mayst know how thou oughtest to behave in the house
-- --
of God, note the church of the living God, the pillar and
support of the truth.
16 And note without controversy great
is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the
flesh, justified note in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached
among the Gentiles, believed on in the world, and received
up into glory.
Worsley [1770], THE NEW TESTAMENT OR NEW COVENANT OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. Translated from the Greek ACCORDING TO The Present Idiom of the English Tongue. With NOTES and REFERENCES interspersed, as occasion required, to confirm and illustrate the more literal or various Renderings given at the bottom of each page; by which even they, who do not understand the Original, may often judge for themselves of the justness and propriety of the Translation. By the late Mr. JOHN WORSLEY, of Hertford (Printed by R. Hett, LONDON) [word count] [B18100].
