1* This saying is trustworthy:* whoever aspires to the office of bishop desires a noble task.2Therefore, a bishop must be irreproachable, married only once, temperate, self-controlled, decent, hospitable, able to teach,3not a drunkard, not aggressive, but gentle, not contentious, not a lover of money.b4He must manage his own household well, keeping his children under control with perfect dignity;5for if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how can he take care of the church of God?6He should not be a recent convert, so that he may not become conceited and thus incur the devil’s punishment.*7He must also have a good reputation among outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace, the devil’s trap.c
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