提前3:1 “人若想要得监督的职分，就是羡慕善工。”这话是可信的。
提前3:1 This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
提前3:2 作监督的，必须无可指责，只作一个妇人的丈夫，有节制，自守、端正，乐意接待远人，善于教导；
提前3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
提前3:3 不因酒滋事，不打人，只要温和，不争竞、不贪财；
提前3:3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
提前3:4 好好管理自己的家，使儿女凡事端庄、顺服（或作“端端庄庄地使儿女顺服”）。
提前3:4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
提前3:5 人若不知道管理自己的家，焉能照管 神的教会呢？
提前3:5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
提前3:6 初入教的不可作监督，恐怕他自高自大，就落在魔鬼所受的刑罚里。
提前3:6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
提前3:7 监督也必须在教外有好名声，恐怕被人毁谤，落在魔鬼的网罗里。
提前3:7 Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
提前3:8 作执事的也是如此：必须端庄，不一口两舌，不好喝酒，不贪不义之财；
提前3:8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
提前3:9 要存清洁的良心，固守真道的奥秘。
提前3:9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
提前3:10 这等人也要先受试验，若没有可责之处，然后叫他们作执事。
提前3:10 And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
提前3:11 女执事（原文作“女人”）也是如此：必须端庄，不说谗言，有节制，凡事忠心。
提前3:11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
提前3:12 执事只要作一个妇人的丈夫，好好管理儿女和自己的家。
提前3:12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
提前3:13 因为善作执事的，自己就得到美好的地步，并且在基督耶稣里的真道上大有胆量。
提前3:13 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.
提前3:14 我指望快到你那里去，所以先将这些事写给你。
提前3:14 These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:
提前3:15 倘若我耽延日久，你也可以知道在 神的家中当怎样行；这家就是永生 神的教会，真理的柱石和根基。
提前3:15 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.
提前3:16 大哉，敬虔的奥秘！无人不以为然，就是 神在肉身显现，被圣灵称义（或作“在灵性称义”），被天使看见，被传于外邦，被世人信服，被接在荣耀里。
提前3:16 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.