⁷ Since an overseer^(A) manages God’s household,^(B) he must be blameless—not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain.^{(C) 8} Rather, he must be hospitable,^(D) one who loves what is good,^(E) who is self-controlled,^(F) upright, holy and disciplined. ⁹ He must hold firmly^(G) to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine^(H) and refute those who oppose it.

Rebuking Those Who Fail to Do Good

¹⁰ For there are many rebellious people, full of meaningless talk^(I) and deception, especially those of the circumcision group.^{(J) 11} They must be silenced, because they are disrupting whole households^(K) by teaching things they ought not to teach—and that for the sake of dishonest gain. ¹² One of Crete’s own prophets^(L) has said it: “Cretans^(M) are always liars, evil brutes, lazy gluttons.”^{[a] 13} This saying is true. Therefore rebuke^(N) them sharply, so that they will be sound in the faith^{(O) 14} and will pay no attention to Jewish myths^(P) or to the merely human commands^(Q) of those who reject the truth.^(R)