Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Overseers Must Be Above Reproach

3 The saying is trustworthy— if anyone aspires-to the office-of-overseer, he desires a good work. ² Therefore the overseer must be above-reproach^[a], a man of one woman^[b], sober^[c], sound-minded^[d], respectable^[e], hospitable, skillful-at-teaching, ³ not a drunken^[f] one, not a brawler^[g], but kind, non-quarrelsome^[h], not-a-money-lover, ⁴ leading his own household well^[i], having children in submission, with all dignity (⁵ but if one does not know-how to lead his own household, how will he take-care-of a church of God?), ⁶ not a new-convert, in order that he may not fall into the judgment of ^[j] the devil, having become conceited^[k]. ⁷ And he must also have a good testimony from the ones outside, in order that he may not fall into reproach and a snare of the devil.

Deacons Must Be Honorable And Tested

⁸ Deacons similarly must be honorable^[l], not double-tongued^[m], not paying-attention-to^[n] much wine, not fond-of-shameful-gain, ⁹ holding the mystery of the faith with a clean conscience.