Qualifications for Overseers and Deacons

3 Here is a trustworthy saying:^(A) Whoever aspires to be an overseer^(B) desires a noble task.

⁵ (If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church?)^(A)

¹⁰ They must first be tested;^(A) and then if there is nothing against them, let them serve as deacons.

¹⁵ if I am delayed, you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s household, which is the church^(A) of the living God,^(B) the pillar and foundation of the truth.