3:1 Pistos o logos* ei tis episkopes oregetai, kalou ergou epithumei.
3:2 dei oun ton episkopon anepilempton einai, mias gunaikos andra, nephalion, sophrona, kosmion, philoxenon, didaktikon,
3:3 me paroinon, me rplekten, alla epieike, amakhon, aphilarguron,
3:4 tou idiou oikou kalos proistamenon, tekna ekhonta en upotage meta pases semnotetos*
3:5 (ei de tis tou idiou oikou prostenai ouk oiden, pos ekklesias theou epimelesetai;)
3:6 me neophuton, ina me tuphotheis eis krima empese tou diabolou.
3:7 dei rde kai marturian kalen ekhein apo ton exothen, ina me eis oneidismon empese kai pagida tou diabolou.
3:8 Diakonous osautos semnous, me dilogous, me oino pollo prosekhontas, me aiskhrokerdeis,
3:9 ekhontas to musterion tes pisteos en kathara suneidesei.
3:10 kai outoi de dokimazesthosan proton, eita diakoneitosan anegkletoi ontes.
3:11 gunaikas osautos semnas, me diabolous, nephalious, pistas en pasin.
3:12 diakonoi estosan mias gunaikos andres, teknon kalos proistamenoi kai ton idion oikon*
3:13 oi gar kalos diakonesantes bathmon eautois kalon peripoiountai kai pollen parresian en pistei te en Khristo Iesou.
3:14 Tauta soi grapho, elpizon elthein pros se [?]en takhei[?],
3:15 ean de braduno, ina eides pos dei en oiko theou anastrephesthai, etis estin ekklesia theou zontos, stulos kai edraioma tes aletheias*
3:16 kai omologoumenos mega estin to tes eusebeias musterion* rOs ephanerothe en sarki, edikaiothe en pneumati, ophthe aggelois, ekerukhthe en ethnesin, episteuthe en kosmo, anelemphthe en doxe.
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