ABU(i)
2 The overseer then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, discreet, orderly, hospitable, apt in teaching;
3 not given to wine, not a striker, but forbearing, averse to strife, not a lover of money;
4 presiding well over his own house, having his children in subjection with all decorum;
5 (but if one knows not how to preside over his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
6 not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the Devil.
7 But he must also have a good testimony from those without, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the Devil.
8 Deacons in like manner must be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of gain;
9 holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
10 And let these also first be proved; then let them serve as deacons, being without reproach.
11 [Their] wives in like manner must be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
12 Let the deacons be husbands of one wife, presiding well over their children and their own houses.
13 For they that have served well as deacons obtain for themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.