This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
7 Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
10 And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
13 For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
14 These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:
15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
1Eyi yɛ asɛm a yegye di, Sɛ onipa bi pɛ ɔsohwɛfoɔ dibea a, ɔpɛ adwuma pa.Under pastoral review
2Enti ɛsɛ sɛ ɔsohwɛfoɔ yɛ obi a ne ho nni mmusu, ɔyere baako kunu, ɔwɛn ne ho yie, ɔda ho so, ne suban yɛ, ogye ahɔhoɔ, ne ho akyerɛkyerɛ kɔ;Under pastoral review
3Ɔnnom nsa mmoro, ɔnyɛ otobani, ɔnyɛ mfasoɔ bɔne opɛfoɔ; na mmom ɔyɛ ɔdwoɔni, ɔnyɛ akasakasa foɔ, ɔnnɔ sika.Under pastoral review
4Obi a ɔdi ne ankasa ne fie so yie, na ne mma yɛ asoɔ ma no animuonyam nyinaa mu;Under pastoral review
5(Efisɛ sɛ onipa bi nnim sɛnea obedi ne ankasa ne fie so a, ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na wahwɛ Onyankopɔn asɔrekuw so?)Under pastoral review
6Ɛnyɛ gyidie mu abɔfra, na ɛmma ne ho so yɛ no kɛseɛ na wahwe wɔ ɔbɔfoɔ bɔne no afɔdie mu.Under pastoral review
7Nsakra no, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔn a wɔwɔ akyire no ka ne ho asɛm pa; na ɛmma wanhwe wɔ animguaseɛ ne ɔbɔfoɔ bɔne no ɛfirie mu.Under pastoral review
8Saa ara na ɛsɛ sɛ asɔrekuw mu som-adwumayɛfoɔ no yɛ animuonyamfoɔ, wɔnnyɛ tɛkrɛma mmienu, wɔnnnom nsa pii, wɔnnyɛ mfasoɔ bɔne opɛfoɔ;Under pastoral review
9Sɛ wɔwɔ gyidie ahintasɛm no wɔ ahonim a ɛho teɛ mu.Under pastoral review
10Na wɔnsɔ eyinom nso nhwɛ kan; ɛnneɛ wɔmma wɔnyɛ som-adwumayɛfoɔ dibea, sɛ wɔhunuu sɛ wɔn ho nni mmusu.Under pastoral review
11Saa ara na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔn yerenom nso yɛ animuonyamfoɔ, wɔnnyɛ akutiafoɔ, wɔda ho so, wɔyɛ gyidifoɔ wɔ nneɛma nyinaa mu.Under pastoral review
12Som-adwumayɛfoɔ no nyɛ ɔyere baako kununom, na wɔnni wɔn mma ne wɔn ankasa wɔn afie so yie.Under pastoral review
13Efisɛ wɔn a wɔayɛ som-adwumayɛfoɔ dibea no yie no, wɔtɔ gyinabea pa ma wɔn ho, ne akokoduru kɛseɛ wɔ gyidie a ɛwɔ Kristo Yesu mu no mu.Under pastoral review
14Nneɛma yi na metwerɛ kɔma wo, a m'anidasoɔ yɛ sɛ mɛba wo nkyɛn nnansa yi ara:Under pastoral review
15Na sɛ mekyɛɛ hɔ a, sɛnea wobɛhu sɛnea ɛsɛ sɛ wobɔ wo bra wɔ Onyankopɔn fie mu, ɛno ne Onyankopɔn a ɔte ase asɔrekuw, nokorɛ no fadum ne nnyinasoɔ.Under pastoral review
16Na akyinnyegyeɛ biara nni ho sɛ Onyankopɔn som pa ahintasɛm no yɛ kɛseɛ: Onyankopɔn daa ne ho adi wɔ honam mu, wɔbuu no bem wɔ Honhom mu, abɔfoɔ hunuu no, wɔkaa ne ho asɛm kyerɛɛ amanaman mu, wɔgyee no dii wɔ ewiase mu, wɔfaa no kɔɔ anuonyam mu.Under pastoral review