American Standard Version (ASV) With Strong Codes

1. Faithful[G4103] is the[G3588] saying[G3056], If[G1487] a man[G5100] seeketh[G3713] the office of a bishop[G1984], he desireth[G1937] a good[G2570] work[G2041].

2. The bishop[G1985] therefore[G3767] must[G1163] be[G1511] without reproach[G423], the husband[G435] of one[G1520] wife[G1135], temperate[G3524], sober-minded[G4998], orderly[G2887], given to hospitality[G5382], apt to teach[G1317];

3. no[G3361] brawler[G269], no[G3361] striker[G4131]; but[G235] gentle[G1933], not contentious[G269], no lover[G866] of money[G146];

4. one that ruleth[G4291] well[G2573] his own[G2398] house[G3624], having[G2192] his children[G5043] in[G1722] subjection[G5292] with[G3326] all[G3956] gravity[G4587];

5. (but[G1161] if[G1487] a man[G5100] knoweth[G1492] not[G3756] how[G1492] to rule[G4291] his own[G2398] house[G3624], how[G4459] shall he take care[G1959] of the church[G1577] of God[G2316]?)

6. not[G3361] a novice[G3504], lest[G3361] being puffed[G5187] up he fall[G1706] into[G1519] the condemnation[G2917] of the devil[G1228].

7. Moreover[G1161] he[G846] must[G1163] have[G2192] good[G2570] testimony[G3141] from[G575] them that are without[G1855]; lest[G3361] he fall[G1706] into[G1519] reproach[G3680] and[G2532] the snare[G3803] of the devil[G1228].

8. Deacons[G1249] in like[G5615] manner must be grave[G4586], not[G3361] double-tongued[G1351], not[G3361] given to[G4337] much[G4183] wine[G3631], not[G3361] greedy of filthy lucre[G146];

9. holding[G2192] the mystery[G3466] of the faith[G4102] in[G1722] a pure[G2513] conscience[G4893].

10. And[G1161] let[G1381] these[G3778] also[G2532] first[G4412] be proved[G1381]; then[G1534] let them serve as deacons[G1247], if they be[G5607] blameless[G410].

11. Women[G1135] in like manner[G5615] must be grave[G4586], not[G3361] slanderers[G1228], temperate[G3524], faithful[G4103] in[G1722] all things[G3956].

12. Let[G2077] deacons[G1249] be[G2077] husbands[G435] of one[G1520] wife[G1135], ruling[G4291] their children[G5043] and[G2532] their own[G2398] houses[G3624] well[G2573].

13. For[G1063] they that have served well[G2573] as deacons[G1247] gain[G4046] to themselves[G1438] a good[G2570] standing[G898], and[G2532] great[G4183] boldness[G3954] in[G1722] the faith[G4102] which is[G3588] in[G1722] Christ[G5547] Jesus[G2424].

14. These things[G5023] write I[G1125] unto thee[G4671], hoping[G1679] to come[G2064] unto[G4314] thee[G4571] shortly[G5032];

15. but[G1161] if[G1437] I tarry long[G1019], that[G2443] thou mayest know[G1492] how[G4459] men ought[G1163] to behave themselves[G390] in[G1722] the house[G3624] of God[G2316], which[G3748] is[G2076] the church[G1577] of the living[G2198] God[G2316], the pillar[G4769] and[G2532] ground[G1477] of the truth[G225].

16. And[G2532] without controversy[G3672] great[G3173] is[G2076] the mystery[G3466] of godliness[G2150]; He[G2316] who was manifested[G5319] in[G1722] the flesh[G4561], Justified[G1344] in[G1722] the spirit[G4151], Seen[G3700] of angels[G32], Preached[G2784] among[G1722] the nations[G1484], Believed on[G4100] in[G1722] the world[G2889], Received up[G353] in[G1722] glory[G1391].