I Timothy, Chapter 3 Ancient Greek
1. Πιστὸς ὁ
λόγος· εἴ τις
ἐπισκοπῆς
ὀρέγεται,
καλοῦ ἔργου
ἐπιθυμεῖ.
2. δεῖ οὖν τὸν
ἐπίσκοπον
ἀνεπίληπτον
εἶναι, μιᾶς γυναικὸς
ἄνδρα,
νηφάλιον,
σώφρονα,
κόσμιον, φιλόξενον,
διδακτικόν,
3. μὴ πάροινον,
μὴ πλήκτην, μὴ
αἰσχροκερδῆ,
ἀλλ' ἐπιεικῆ,
ἄμαχον,
ἀφιλάργυρον,
4. τοῦ ἰδίου
οἴκου καλῶς
προϊστάμενον,
τέκνα ἔχοντα
ἐν ὑποταγῇ
μετὰ πάσης
σεμνότητος·
5. εἰ δέ τις τοῦ
ἰδίου οἴκου
προστῆναι οὐκ
οἶδε, πῶς
ἐκκλησίας
Θεοῦ ἐπιμελήσεται;
6. μὴ νεόφυτον,
ἵνα μὴ
τυφωθεὶς εἰς
κρῖμα ἐμπέσῃ
τοῦ διαβόλου.
7. δεῖ δὲ αὐτὸν
καὶ μαρτυρίαν
καλὴν ἔχειν
ἀπὸ τῶν ἔξωθεν,
ἵνα μὴ εἰς
ὀνειδισμὸν
ἐμπέσῃ καὶ
παγίδα τοῦ
διαβόλου.
8. Διακόνους
ὡσαύτως
σεμνούς, μὴ
διλόγους, μὴ
οἴνῳ πολλῷ
προσέχοντας,
μὴ
αἰσχροκερδεῖς,
9. ἔχοντας τὸ
μυστήριον τῆς
πίστεως ἐν
καθαρᾷ συνειδήσει.
10. καὶ οὗτοι δὲ
δοκιμαζέσθωσαν
πρῶτον, εἶτα
διακονείτωσαν
ἀνέγκλητοι
ὄντες.
11. γυναῖκας
ὡσαύτως
σεμνάς, μὴ
διαβόλους,
νηφαλίους,
πιστὰς ἐν πᾶσι.
12. διάκονοι
ἔστωσαν μιᾶς
γυναικὸς
ἄνδρες, τέκνων
καλῶς
προϊστάμενοι
καὶ τῶν ἰδίων
οἴκων.
13. οἱ γὰρ καλῶς
διακονήσαντες
βαθμὸν
ἑαυτοῖς καλὸν
περιποιοῦνται
καὶ πολλὴν
παρρησίαν ἐν
πίστει τῇ ἐν
Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ.
14. Ταῦτά σοι
γράφω ἐλπίζων
ἐλθεῖν πρός σε
τάχιον·
15. ἐὰν δὲ
βραδύνω, ἵνα
εἰδῇς πῶς δεῖ
ἐν οἴκῳ Θεοῦ
ἀναστρέφεσθαι,
ἥτις ἐστὶν ἐκκλησία
Θεοῦ ζῶντος,
στῦλος καὶ
ἑδραίωμα τῆς
ἀληθείας.
16. καὶ
ὁμολογουμένως
μέγα ἐστὶ τὸ
τῆς εὐσεβείας
μυστήριον·
Θεὸς
ἐφανερώθη ἐν
σαρκί,
ἐδικαιώθη ἐν Πνεύματι,
ὤφθη ἀγγέλοις,
ἐκηρύχθη ἐν
ἔθνεσιν, ἐπιστεύθη
ἐν κόσμῳ,
ἀνελήφθη ἐν
δόξῃ.
I Timothy, Chapter 3 (KJV)
1. This is a true saying, If a man
desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
2. A bishop then must be blameless, the husband
of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality,
apt to teach;
3. Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy
of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
4. One that ruleth well his own house, having
his children in subjection with all gravity;
5. (For if a man know not how to rule his own
house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
6. Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride
he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
7. Moreover he must have a good report of them
which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
8. Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued,
not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
9. Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure
conscience.
10. And let these also first be proved; then
let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
11. Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers,
sober, faithful in all things.
12. Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife,
ruling their children and their own houses well.
13. For they that have used the office of a deacon
well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith
which is in Christ Jesus.
14. These things write I unto thee, hoping to
come unto thee shortly:
15. But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know
how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church
of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
16. And without controversy great is the mystery
of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen
of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received
up into glory.
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