Qualifications for Overseers (Titus 1:5–9; 1 Peter 5:1–4)
1 TNT This is a true sayinge. Yf a man covet the office of a bysshope he desyreth a good worke. BSB BSB: This is a trustworthy saying: If anyone aspires to be an overseer, he desires a noble task.
2 TNT Ye and a bisshope must be fautlesse the husband of one wyfe sober discrete honestly aparelled harberous apt to teache BSB BSB: An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
3 TNT not dronken no fighter not geve to filthy lucre: but gentle abhorrynge fightynge abhorrynge coveteousnes BSB BSB: not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money.
4 TNT and one that rueleth his awne housse honestly havynge chyldren vnder obedience with all honeste. BSB BSB: An overseer must manage his own household well and keep his children under control, with complete dignity.
5 TNT For yf a man cannot rule his owne housse how shall he care for the congregacion of God. BSB BSB: For if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for the church of God?
6 TNT He maye not be a yonge skoler lest he swell and faule into the iudgement of the evyll speaker. BSB BSB: He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same condemnation as the devil.
7 TNT He must also be well reported of amonge them which are with out forth lest he fall into rebuke and snare of the evyll speaker. BSB BSB: Furthermore, he must have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the snare of the devil.
Qualifications for Deacons (Acts 6:1–7)
8 TNT Lykwyse must the deacons be honest not double tonged not geve vnto moche drynkinge nether vnto filthy lucre: BSB BSB: Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued or given to much wine or greedy for money.
9 TNT but havynge the mistery of the fayth in pure conscience. BSB BSB: They must hold to the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience.
10 TNT And let them fyrst be proved and then let them minister yf they be founde fautlesse. BSB BSB: Additionally, they must first be tested. Then, if they are above reproach, let them serve as deacons.
11 TNT Even so must their wynes be honest not evyll speakers: but sober and faythfull in all thinges. BSB BSB: In the same way, the women must be dignified, not slanderers, but temperate and faithful in all things.
12 TNT Let the deacons be the husbandes of one wyfe and suche as rule their chyldren well and their awne housholdes. BSB BSB: A deacon must be the husband of but one wife, a good manager of his children and of his own household.
13 TNT For they that minister well get them selves good degre and greate libertie in the fayth which is in Christ Iesu. BSB BSB: For those who have served well as deacons acquire for themselves a high standing and great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.
The Mystery of Godliness 14 TNT These thinges write I vnto the trustinge to come shortly vnto the: BSB BSB: Although I hope to come to you soon, I am writing you these things
15 TNT but and yf I tarie longe that then thou mayst yet have knowledge how thou oughtest to behave thy silfe in the housse of God which is the congregacion of the livinge God the pillar and grounde of trueth. BSB BSB: in case I am delayed, so that you will know how each one must conduct himself in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.
16 TNT And with out naye great is that mistery of godlines: God was shewed in the flesshe was iustified in the sprete was sene of angels was preached vnto the gentyls was beleved on in erth and receaved vp in glory. BSB BSB: By common confession, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the nations, was believed in throughout the world, was taken up in glory.
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