I Timothy 3

This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.

fidelis sermo si quis episcopatum desiderat bonum opus desiderat

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

oportet ergo episcopum inreprehensibilem esse unius uxoris virum sobrium prudentem ornatum hospitalem doctorem

Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;

non vinolentum non percussorem sed modestum non litigiosum non cupidum

One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

suae domui bene praepositum filios habentem subditos cum omni castitate

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

si quis autem domui suae praeesse nescit quomodo ecclesiae Dei diligentiam habebit

Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

non neophytum ne in superbia elatus in iudicium incidat diaboli

Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

oportet autem illum et testimonium habere bonum ab his qui foris sunt ut non in obprobrium incidat et laqueum diaboli

Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

diaconos similiter pudicos non bilingues non multo vino deditos non turpe lucrum sectantes

Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

habentes mysterium fidei in conscientia pura

And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.

et hii autem probentur primum et sic ministrent nullum crimen habentes

Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

mulieres similiter pudicas non detrahentes sobrias fideles in omnibus

Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

diacones sint unius uxoris viri qui filiis suis bene praesunt et suis domibus

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.

qui enim bene ministraverint gradum sibi bonum adquirent et multam fiduciam in fide quae est in Christo Iesu

These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:

haec tibi scribo sperans venire ad te cito

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.

si autem tardavero ut scias quomodo oporteat te in domo Dei conversari quae est ecclesia Dei vivi columna et firmamentum veritatis

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.

et manifeste magnum est pietatis sacramentum quod manifestatum est in carne iustificatum est in spiritu apparuit angelis praedicatum est gentibus creditum est in mundo adsumptum est in gloria