The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Timothy

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(Titus 1:5–9; 1 Peter 5:1–4)

You should rely on what I tell you here: If someone desires very much to oversee believers, he wants to do something really excellent.

For that reason, however, an overseer must be someone whom no one accuses of anything bad. He must have only one wife. He must not do anything to excess; he must think in wise ways. He must behave well, and he must welcome strangers. He must be able to teach others.

He must not be an alcoholic and not quick to fight. Instead, he must be patient and peaceful with others. And he should not be greedy for money.

He should control the people in his own home well. His children should obey him with respect.

I say this because if a man does not even know how to control the people in his own house, how can he care for an assembly of God’s people?

A new believer should not be an overseer, because he might think that he is better than other people. If that happened, God might punish him like he punished the devil.

Those outside of the church must also think well of him. Otherwise he might be shamed and the devil might persuade him to sin.

Qualifications for Deacons

(Acts 6:1–7)

Deacons, in the same way, should be people whom others respect. They should be sincere when they speak. They should not drink too much wine, and they must not be greedy for money.

They should believe in the true things that God has told us, and at the same time know what is right, and then do it.

Find these qualities in them first, and then choose them to serve because no one can find anything wrong with them.

In the same way, other people should respect deacons’ wives. Their wives should not talk badly about other people. They must not do anything to excess, and they must be honest in everything they do.

A deacon must have only one wife and must control his children and his possessions well.

Good deacons are men whom the other believers highly respect. They come to trust in Messiah Jesus very much.

The Mystery of Godliness

As I write to you these things, I hope to come to you soon.

But if I do not come soon, I am writing to you now so that you may know how to act in the family of God, which is the group of those who believe in God, who gives life to all things. It is these who teach the truth and witness that it is true.

And we say together that the truth that God has revealed to us is very great, and we honor him for it: “Messiah was God revealed in a human body. The Holy Spirit proved that he was genuine. Angels saw him. Believers announced him among the nations. People in many parts of the world believed in him. God took him up to himself and gave him his power.”

Qualifikationen von Aufsehern

(Titus 1,5-9; 1. Petrus 5,1-4)

Gewiss ist das Wort: wenn jemand das Bischofsamt verlangt, so verlangt er ein vorzügliches Amt.

Es muss also ein Bischof untadelhaft sein, nur eines Weibes Mann, nüchtern, klug, würdevoll, ehrbar, gastfrei, zum Lehren geschickt,

nicht dem Trunke ergeben, kein Schläger, sondern eingezogen, nicht zänkisch, nicht habsüchtig, sondern

seinem eigenen Hause wohl vorstehend, und die Kinder in Untertänigkeit haltend mit aller Ehrbarkeit.

Wenn aber jemand seinem eigenen Hause nicht vorzustehen weiß, wie wird er für die Kirche Gottes Sorge tragen?

Nicht ein Neubekehrter, damit er nicht, von Dünkel aufgeblasen, dem Gerichte des Teufels anheimfalle.

Er muss aber auch ein gutes Zeugnis haben von denen, die draußen sind, damit er nicht in Schmach und in die Fallstricke des Teufels falle.

Qualifikationen der Diakone

(Apostelgeschichte 6,1-7)

Die Diakone seien desgleichen ehrbar, nicht doppelzüngig, nicht vielem Trinken ergeben, nicht nach schnödem Gewinne trachtend,

das Geheimnis des Glaubens in einem reinen Gewissen bewahrend.

Und zwar sollen diese zuerst geprüft werden; dann erst, wenn sie untadelig sind, mögen sie das Amt ausüben.

Die Frauen sollen gleicherweise ehrbar sein, nicht verleumderisch, nüchtern, treu in allem.

Die Diakone seien Männer einer Frau, ihren Kindern und dem eigenen Hause wohl vorstehend;

denn diejenigen, welche ihr Amt gut verwalten, werden sich eine wertvolle Ehrenstufe erwerben und große Zuversicht im Glauben, der in Christus Jesus ist.

Das große Mysterium

Dies schreibe ich dir, obgleich ich hoffe, bald zu dir zu kommen;

wenn ich aber säume, damit du wissest, wie du im Hause Gottes wandeln sollst, das ja ist die Kirche des lebendigen Gottes, eine Säule und Grundfeste der Wahrheit.

Ja, anerkannt groß ist das Geheimnis der Frömmigkeit von dem der offenbar ward im Fleische, gerechtfertigt im Geiste, von den Engeln geschaut, verkündet unter den Heiden, geglaubt in der Welt, erhoben in Herrlichkeit.