3 ¹ The saying is sure: If anyone aspires to the office of bishop, he desires a noble task. 3 ² Now a bishop must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, dignified, hospitable, an apt teacher, 3 ³ no drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, and no lover of money. 3 ⁴ He must manage his own household well, keeping his children submissive and respectful in every way; 3 ⁵ for if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for God's church? 3 ⁶ He must not be a recent convert, or he may be puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil; 3 ⁷ moreover he must be well thought of by outsiders, or he may fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.