3 This is a true saying, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.

⁵ (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

¹⁰ And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.

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.