1 Timothy 3:8-15

NSB(i) 8 Ministerial servants should likewise be men of dignity, not double-tongued, or addicted to much wine or fond of sordid gain. 9 They should maintain the secret of the faith with a clear conscience. 10 Let these be tested first. Then let them serve as servants, if they are blameless. 11 Women in like manner must be serious, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things. 12 Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. 13 For they that have served well as servants gain to themselves a good standing and great confidence (boldness of speech) in the faith which is in Christ Jesus. 14 I write these things to you, hoping to come to you shortly, 15 though if I am delayed, so that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in the household of God, which is the congregation of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth.