Worsley(i)
5 (for if any one know not how to govern his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
6 not one newly converted, least being puffed up he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
7 He ought also to have an honorable testimony from those that are without, least he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
8 The deacons should likewise be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of base gain,
9 holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
10 (And let these also first be proved, then let them take the office of deacons, if they be found blameless.)
11 And their wives likewise grave, not slanderers, sober, and faithful in all things.
12 Let the deacons too be husbands of one wife only, governing their children and their own houses well.
13 For they, that discharge the office of a deacon well, gain to themselves a good degree of honor, and much freedom in promoting the faith that is in Christ Jesus.