1 Timothy 3:4-7

New Living Translation

⁴ He must manage his own family well, having children who respect and obey him. ⁵ For if a man cannot manage his own household, how can he take care of God’s church?

⁶ A church leader must not be a new believer, because he might become proud, and the devil would cause him to fall.^{[a] 7} Also, people outside the church must speak well of him so that he will not be disgraced and fall into the devil’s trap.