² Now the overseer is to be above reproach,^(A) faithful to his wife,^(B) temperate,^(C) self-controlled, respectable, hospitable,^(D) able to teach,^{(E) 3} not given to drunkenness,^(F) not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome,^(G) not a lover of money.^(H)

⁶ He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited^(A) and fall under the same judgment^(B) as the devil. ⁷ He must also have a good reputation with outsiders,^(C) so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the devil’s trap.^(D)