3:1
[kjv] This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
[bbe] This is a true saying, A man desiring the position of a Bishop has a desire for a good work.
3:2
[kjv] A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
[bbe] The Bishop, then, is to be a man of good name, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, serious-minded, having respect for order, opening his house freely to guests, a ready teacher;
3:3
[kjv] Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
[bbe] Not quickly moved to wrath or blows, but gentle; no fighter, no lover of money;
3:4
[kjv] One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
[bbe] Ruling his house well, having his children under control with all serious behaviour;
3:5
[kjv] (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
[bbe] (For if a man has not the art of ruling his house, how will he take care of the church of God?)
3:6
[kjv] Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
[bbe] Not one newly taken into the church, for fear that, through his high opinion of himself, he may come into the same sin as the Evil One.
3:7
[kjv] Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
[bbe] And he is to have a good name among those outside the church, so that nothing may be said against him and he may not be taken by the designs of the Evil One.
3:8
[kjv] Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
[bbe] Deacons, in the same way, are to be serious in their behaviour, not false in word, not given to taking much wine or greatly desiring the wealth of this world;
3:9
[kjv] Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. ............