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This is a faithful saying: If a man desires the position of a bishop, he desires a good work.
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A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach;
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not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;
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one who rules his own house well, having his children in submission with all reverence
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(for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?);
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not a novice, lest being puffed up with pride he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.
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Moreover he must have a good testimony among those who are outside, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
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Likewise deacons must be reverent, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy for money,
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holding the mystery of the faith with a pure conscience.
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But let these also first be tested; then let them serve as deacons, being found blameless.