¹This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer or, superintendents, or bishops , he desires a good work.

¹Den Tale er troværdig; dersom nogen begærer en Tilsynsgerning har han Lyst til en skøn Gerning.

²The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;

²En Tilsynsmand bør derfor være ulastelig, een Kvindes Mand, ædruelig, sindig, høvisk, gæstfri, dygtig til at lære andre;

³not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;

³ikke hengiven til Vin, ikke til Slagsmål, men mild, ikke kivagtig, ikke pengegridsk;

⁴one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;

⁴en Mand, som forestår sit eget Hus vel, som har Børn, der ere lydige med al Ærbarhed;

⁵(but if a man doesn’t know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the assembly of God?)

⁵(dersom en ikke veed at forestå sit eget Hus, hvorledes vil han da kunne sørge for Guds Menighed?)

⁶not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.

⁶ikke ny i Troen, som at han ikke skal blive opblæst og falde ind under Djævelens Dom.

⁷Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.

⁷Men han bør også have et godt Vidnesbyrd af dem, som ere udenfor; for at han ikke skal falde i Forhånelse og Djævelens Snare.

⁸ Servants or, Deacons. , in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money;

⁸Menighedstjenere bør ligeledes være ærbare, ikke tvetungede, ikke hengivne til megen Vin, ikke til slet Vinding,

⁹holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

⁹bevarende Troens Hemmelighed i en ren Samvittighed.

¹⁰Let them also first be tested; then let them serve or, serve as deacons if they are blameless.

¹⁰Men også disse skulle først prøves, og siden gøre Tjeneste, hvis de ere ustrafelige.

¹¹Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

¹¹Kvinder bør ligeledes være ærbare, ikke bagtaleriske, ædruelige, tro i alle Ting.

¹²Let servants or, deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

¹²En Menighedstjener skal være een Kvindes Mand og forestå sine Børn og sit eget Hus vel.

¹³For those who have served well or, served well as deacons gain for themselves a good standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

¹³Thi de, som have tjent vel i Menigheden, de erhverve sig selv en smuk Stilling og megen Frimodighed i Troen på Kristus Jesus.

¹⁴These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly;

¹⁴Disse Ting skriver jeg dig til, ihvorvel jeg håber at komme snart til dig;

¹⁵but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in God’s house, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

¹⁵men dersom jeg tøver, da skal du heraf vide, hvorledes man bør færdes i Guds Hus, hvilket jo er den levende Guds Menighed, Sandhedens Søjle og Grundvold.

¹⁶Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory.

¹⁶Og uden Modsigelse stor er den Gudsfrygtens Hemmelighed: Han, som blev åbenbaret i Kød, blev retfærdiggjort i Ånd, set af Engle, prædiket iblandt Hedninger, troet i Verden, optagen i Herlighed.