1 Timothy

Chapter 3

Phonetic (Greek): Pistos ho logos· ei tis episkopes oregetai, kaloy ergou epithymei.

Edified Edition (EDE)This is a faithful saying: If a man desires the office of an overseer, he desires a good work.

Πιστὸς ὁ λόγος· εἴ τις ἐπισκοπῆς ὀρέγεται, καλοῦ ἔργου ἐπιθυμεῖ.

Phonetic (Greek): dei oyn ton episkopon anepilempton einai, mias gynaikos andra, nephalion, sophrona, kosmion, philoxenon, didaktikon,

Edified Edition (EDE)An overseer then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober-minded, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, able to teach;

δεῖ οὖν τὸν ἐπίσκοπον ἀνεπίλημπτον εἶναι, μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἄνδρα, νηφάλιον, σώφρονα, κόσμιον, φιλόξενον, διδακτικόν,

Phonetic (Greek): me paroinon, me ⸀plekten, alla epieike, amachon, aphilargyron,

Edified Edition (EDE)Not given to wine, not a striker, not greedy for money, but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;

μὴ πάροινον, μὴ ⸀πλήκτην, ἀλλὰ ἐπιεικῆ, ἄμαχον, ἀφιλάργυρον,

Phonetic (Greek): toy idiou oikou kalos proistamenon, tekna echonta en hypotagῇ meta pases semnotetos·

Edified Edition (EDE)One who rules his own house well, having his children in subjection with all reverence;

τοῦ ἰδίου οἴκου καλῶς προϊστάμενον, τέκνα ἔχοντα ἐν ὑποταγῇ μετὰ πάσης σεμνότητος·

Phonetic (Greek): (ei de tis toy idiou oikou prostenai oyk oiden, pos ekklesias theoy epimelesetai;)

Edified Edition (EDE)(For if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

(εἰ δέ τις τοῦ ἰδίου οἴκου προστῆναι οὐκ οἶδεν, πῶς ἐκκλησίας θεοῦ ἐπιμελήσεται;)

Phonetic (Greek): me neophyton, hina me typhotheis eis krima empesῃ toy diabolou.

Edified Edition (EDE)Not a new convert, lest being puffed up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

μὴ νεόφυτον, ἵνα μὴ τυφωθεὶς εἰς κρίμα ἐμπέσῃ τοῦ διαβόλου.

Phonetic (Greek): dei ⸀de kai martyrian kalen echein apo ton exothen, hina me eis oneidismon empesῃ kai pagida toy diabolou.

Edified Edition (EDE)Moreover he must have a good report from those who are outside, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

δεῖ ⸀δὲ καὶ μαρτυρίαν καλὴν ἔχειν ἀπὸ τῶν ἔξωθεν, ἵνα μὴ εἰς ὀνειδισμὸν ἐμπέσῃ καὶ παγίδα τοῦ διαβόλου.

Phonetic (Greek): Diakonous hosaytos semnoys, me dilogous, me oinῳ pollῷ prosechontas, me aischrokerdeis,

Edified Edition (EDE)Likewise must deacons be reverent, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy for money;

Διακόνους ὡσαύτως σεμνούς, μὴ διλόγους, μὴ οἴνῳ πολλῷ προσέχοντας, μὴ αἰσχροκερδεῖς,

Phonetic (Greek): echontas to mysterion tes pisteos en katharᾷ syneidesei.

Edified Edition (EDE)Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

ἔχοντας τὸ μυστήριον τῆς πίστεως ἐν καθαρᾷ συνειδήσει.

Phonetic (Greek): kai ohytoi de dokimazesthosan proton, eita diakoneitosan anenkletoi ontes.

Edified Edition (EDE)And let these also first be tested; then let them serve as deacons, if they are found blameless.

καὶ οὗτοι δὲ δοκιμαζέσθωσαν πρῶτον, εἶτα διακονείτωσαν ἀνέγκλητοι ὄντες.

Phonetic (Greek): gynaikas hosaytos semnas, me diabolous, nephalious, pistas en pasin.

Edified Edition (EDE)Even so must their wives be reverent, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

γυναῖκας ὡσαύτως σεμνάς, μὴ διαβόλους, νηφαλίους, πιστὰς ἐν πᾶσιν.

Phonetic (Greek): diakonoi estosan mias gynaikos andres, teknon kalos proistamenoi kai ton idion oikon·

Edified Edition (EDE)Let deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

διάκονοι ἔστωσαν μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἄνδρες, τέκνων καλῶς προϊστάμενοι καὶ τῶν ἰδίων οἴκων·

Phonetic (Greek): ohi gar kalos diakonesantes bathmon heautois kalon peripoioyntai kai pollen parresian en pistei tῇ en Christῷ Ἰesoy.

Edified Edition (EDE)For those who have served well as deacons purchase for themselves a good standing and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

οἱ γὰρ καλῶς διακονήσαντες βαθμὸν ἑαυτοῖς καλὸν περιποιοῦνται καὶ πολλὴν παρρησίαν ἐν πίστει τῇ ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ.

Phonetic (Greek): Tayta soi grapho, elpizon elthein pros se ⸂en tachei⸃,

Edified Edition (EDE)These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly;

Ταῦτά σοι γράφω, ἐλπίζων ἐλθεῖν πρὸς σὲ ⸂ἐν τάχει⸃,

Phonetic (Greek): ean de bradyno, hina eidῇs pos dei en oikῳ theoy anastrephesthai, hetis estin ekklesia theoy zontos, stylos kai hedraioma tes aletheias·

Edified Edition (EDE)But if I tarry long, that you may know how you ought to behave yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

ἐὰν δὲ βραδύνω, ἵνα εἰδῇς πῶς δεῖ ἐν οἴκῳ θεοῦ ἀναστρέφεσθαι, ἥτις ἐστὶν ἐκκλησία θεοῦ ζῶντος, στῦλος καὶ ἑδραίωμα τῆς ἀληθείας·

Phonetic (Greek): kai homologoumenos mega estin to tes eysebeias mysterion· ⸀Ὃs ephanerothe en sarki, edikaiothe en pneymati, ophthe angelois, ekerychthe en ethnesin, episteythe en kosmῳ, anelemphthe en doxῃ.

Edified Edition (EDE)And without controversy, great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached to the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

καὶ ὁμολογουμένως μέγα ἐστὶν τὸ τῆς εὐσεβείας μυστήριον· ⸀Ὃς ἐφανερώθη ἐν σαρκί, ἐδικαιώθη ἐν πνεύματι, ὤφθη ἀγγέλοις, ἐκηρύχθη ἐν ἔθνεσιν, ἐπιστεύθη ἐν κόσμῳ, ἀνελήμφθη ἐν δόξῃ.