Chapter 3
3:1 This is a faithful saying: If a man desires the office of an overseer, he desires a good work.
1st Timothy
3:2 An overseer then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, respectable, hospitable, able to teach;
3:3 not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money, but patient, not argumentative, not covetous;
3:4 and one who manages his own house well, having his children in submission with all reverence.
3:5 For if a man does not know how to manage his own house, how will he take care of the Assembly of Elohim?
3:6 He must not be newly converted, so that he does not become prideful and fall into the condemnation of the devil.
3:7 Moreover he must have a good reputation among those who are outsiders, so that he does not fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
3:8 Likewise elders must be serious, not insincere, not given to much wine, not greedy,
3:9 keeping the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
3:10 And let them first be tested; then, being found blameless, let them serve as elders.
3:11 Likewise, their wives must be serious, not slanderers, sober, and faithful in all things.
3:12 Let the elders be the husbands of one wife, managing their children and their own houses well.
3:13 For those who have served well in the office of elder purchase for themselves good standing and great boldness in the faith, which is in the Messiah YASHUWAH.
3:14 I am writing these things to you, hoping to come to you shortly,
3:15 but if I am delayed, you might know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of Elohim, which is the Assembly of the living Elohim, the pillar and foundation of the truth.
3:16 Without question, great is the mystery of Elohimliness: Elohim was revealed in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached to the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.