1 Trustworthy is this saying. If anyone strives for an office of supervisor, he is desirous of good work.2 Therefore it is necessary for that supervisor to be irreproachable, a husband of one wife, sober, discreet, orderly, hospitable, inclined to teach,3 not a drunkard, not a brawler but reasonable, not contentious, not loving money,4 governing his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence,5 (now if one does not know to govern his own house, how would he care for an assembly of Yahweh?)6 Not a neophyte, lest blinded with pride he would fall into condemnation of the False Accuser.7 Now it is necessary also to have a good accreditation from those outside, lest he fall into a reproach and a trap of the False Accuser.8 In like manner reverent ministers, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not shamefully desirous of gain,9 holding the mystery of the faith with a clean conscience.10 But even they must be scrutinized first, then being void of offense they must minister.11 Likewise reverent wives, not slanderous, sober, trustworthy in all.12 Ministers must be husbands of one wife, governing their children and their own houses well.13 For they that are ministering well obtain for themselves a good degree and much liberty in faith which is in Christ Yahshua.14 These things I write to you hoping to come to you shortly,15 and if I delay, that you would know how it is necessary to conduct yourself among the household of Yahweh, which is the assembly of Yahweh who lives, a pillar and foundation of the truth.16 And professedly, great is the mystery of piety: Who has been manifest in flesh, justified in Spirit, has appeared to messengers, has been proclaimed among nations, is believed in the Society, taken up in splendor.