1.Timotheus 3 | English Standard Version La Biblia Textual

1.Timotheus 3 | English Standard Version

Qualifications for Overseers

1 The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. 2 Therefore an overseer* must be above reproach, the husband of one wife,* sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, 3 not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. 4 He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, 5 for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God’s church? 6 He must not be a recent convert, or he may become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil. 7 Moreover, he must be well thought of by outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace, into a snare of the devil.

Qualifications for Deacons

8 Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued,* not addicted to much wine, not greedy for dishonest gain. 9 They must hold the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience. 10 And let them also be tested first; then let them serve as deacons if they prove themselves blameless. 11 Their wives likewise* must be dignified, not slanderers, but sober-minded, faithful in all things. 12 Let deacons each be the husband of one wife, managing their children and their own households well. 13 For those who serve well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and also great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.

The Mystery of Godliness

14 I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these things to you so that, 15 if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth. 16 Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He* was manifested in the flesh, vindicated* by the Spirit,* seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.

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Los que anhelan el ministerio

1 Fiel es la palabra: Si alguno anhela obispado, buena obra desea. 2 Es necesario, pues, que el obispo sea irreprochable, marido de una sola mujer, sobrio, prudente, decoroso, hospitalario, apto para enseñar, 3 no adicto al vino, ni pendenciero, sino amable, apacible, no avaro, 4 que cuide bien su propia casa, que tenga a sus hijos en obediencia con toda dignidad 5 (pues si alguno no tiene cuidado de su propia casa, ¿cómo acogerá a la iglesia de Dios?); 6 no un neófito, no sea que, lleno de orgullo, caiga en acusación del diablo; 7 debiendo tener también buen testimonio de los de afuera, para que no caiga en descrédito o en trampa del diablo.

Para los diáconos

8 Asimismo los diáconos: serios, sin doblez de lengua, no adictos a mucho vino, ni ambiciosos de bienes materiales; 9 que mantengan el misterio de la fe con limpia conciencia. 10 Éstos también sean probados primero, y entonces sirvan como diáconos, siendo irreprochables. 11 De igual manera las mujeres sean serias, no calumniadoras, sobrias, fieles en todo. 12 Los diáconos sean maridos de una sola mujer, que cuiden bien a los hijos y sus propias casas. 13 Porque los que sirvieron bien como diáconos se ganan una buena posición y mucha confianza en la fe que es en Jesús el Mesías. 14 Esto te escribo, aunque espero ir en breve, 15 pero, si me retraso, para que sepas cómo hay que comportarse en la casa de Dios, que es la iglesia del Dios vivo, columna y baluarte de la verdad.

El gran misterio

16 E indiscutiblemente, grande es el misterio de la piedad: Él fue manifestado en carne, Justificado en el Espíritu, Visto por ángeles, Proclamado entre gentiles, Creído en el mundo, Recibido arriba en gloria.