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3 Everyone should trust this statement: “If anyone aspires to be a leader of the believers, he desires to do a good task.” 2 For that reason, a leader of the believers must be someone whom no one can rightly accuse of doing anything bad. He must be faithful to his wife. He must not do anything excessively. He must think in wise ways. He must behave well. He must welcome guests into his home. He must be able to teach others. 3 He must not be a drunkard and must not be quick to fight. Instead, he must be gentle and must not be quarrelsome. He must not love money. 4 He must lead and care for his own family well. His children should obey and completely respect him. 5 After all, if anyone does not know how he should lead and care for the people who live in his own house, he certainly cannot care for the gathering of God’s people! 6 Do not appoint a new believer to be a leader of the believers, because he might become proud. Then God would judge him for the same reason as he judged the devil. 7 A leader of the believers must also conduct himself in such a way that nonbelievers will speak well of him. Then people will not say bad things about him, and the devil will not capture him like an animal in a trap.
8 In the same way, those who are appointed to assist the leaders should be people who are serious and mature. They should be sincere when they speak. They should not drink too much wine, and they must not have a strong desire for money. 9 They must always believe the message that God has now revealed to us about believing in him, while knowing within themselves that God approves of what they are doing. 10 But just as you do for the leaders, you must first examine the way these assistants behave. Then, if you do not find any fault with them, you may let them serve as assistants. 11 Their wives likewise must be serious and mature, they must not talk badly about people, and they must do everything in moderation. They must be trustworthy in everything that they do. 12 An assistant must be faithful to his wife, and he must lead and care well for his children and the rest of the people in his house. 13 Assistants who serve well will increasingly benefit from serving in this way because people will respect them, and they will learn to speak very boldly about what they believe concerning the Messiah Jesus.
14 I hope that I will be able to come to you soon. But I am writing these things to you now 15 in case I am not able to come soon. I want you to know how believers should behave in the family of God, which is the group of all those who believe in Jesus and belong to the living God. The people in this group believe and teach the true message. 16 And everyone must agree that this true message that God has revealed to us is marvelous:
“The Messiah was God who came to the world in a human body.
The Holy Spirit proved that he was genuine.
God’s messengers saw him.
Believers announced who he was to the nations.
People in many parts of the world believed in him.
God powerfully took him up to himself in heaven.”