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| [1]This is a true saying, If any man desire the office of a Bishop, he desireth a worthy work. |
[1]This is a faithful saying: Yf a man desire ye office of a bishop, he desireth a good worke |
| [2]A Bishop therefore must be unreprovable, the husband of one wife, watching, sober, modest, harborous, apt to teach, |
[2]A bishop therfore must be blamelesse, the husband of one wyfe, watchyng, sober, comely apparelled, a louer of hospitalitie, apt to teache |
| [3]Not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre, but gentle, no fighter, not covetous, |
[3]Not geuen to ouermuch wine, no striker, not greedy of fylthy lucre: but gentle, abhorryng fyghtyng, abhorryng couetousnesse |
| [4]One that can rule his own house honestly, having children under obedience with all honesty. |
[4]One that ruleth well his owne house, hauyng chyldren in subiection, with all grauitie |
| [5]For if any cannot rule his own house, how shall he care for the Church of God? |
[5]For yf a man knowe not to rule his owne house, howe shall he care for the Churche of God |
| [6]He may not be a young scholar, lest he being puffed up fall into the condemnation of the devil. |
[6]Not a young scoler, lest he, beyng puffed vp, fall into the condempnation of the deuyll |
| [7]He must also be well reported of, even of them which are without, lest he fall into rebuke, and the snare of the devil. |
[7]He must also haue a good report of the which are without, lest he fall into the rebuke and snare of the deuyll |
| [8]Likewise must Deacons be honest, not double-tongued, not given unto much wine, neither to filthy lucre, |
[8]Likewise must ye ministers be graue, not double tongued, not geuen to much wine, neither greedy of fylthy lucre |
| [9]Having the mystery of the faith in pure conscience. |
[9]Holdyng the misterie of the fayth in a pure conscience |
| [10]And let them first be proved: then let them minister, if they be found blameless. |
[10]And let them first be proued, then let them minister, beyng blamelesse |
| [11]Likewise their wives must be honest, not evil speakers, but sober, and faithful in all things. |
[11]Euen so must their wyues be graue, not euyll speakers, sober, faythfull in all thynges |
| [12]Let the Deacons be the husbands of one wife, and such as can rule their children well, and their own households. |
[12]Let the deacons be the husbandes of one wife, and such as can rule their children well, and their owne housholdes |
| [13]For they that have ministered well, get themselves a good degree, and great liberty in the faith, which is in Christ Jesus. |
[13]For they that haue ministred well, get them selues a good degree, and great libertie in the fayth [whiche is] in Christe Iesus |
| [14]These things write I unto thee, trusting to come very shortly unto thee. |
[14]These thynges write I vnto thee, hopyng to come shortly vnto thee |
| [15]But if I tarry long, that thou mayest yet 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 truth. |
[15]But yf I tary long, that thou mayest knowe howe thou oughtest to behaue thy selfe in the house of God, whiche is the Church of the lyuyng God, the pyller and grounde of trueth |
| [16]And without controversy, great is the mystery of godliness, which is, God is manifested in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of Angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, and received up in glory. |
[16]And without doubt, great is that misterie of godlynesse: God was shewed in the flesshe, was iustified in the spirite, was seene among the angels, was preached vnto the gentiles, was beleued on in the worlde, and was receaued vp in glorie |