Η ΠΡΟΣ ΤΙΜΟΘΕΟΝ ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ ΠΡΩΤΗ

First Epistle to Timothy

CHAPTER 3

| 1 | πιστος |  | ο |  | λογος |  | ει |  | τις |  | επισκοπης |  | ορεγεται |  | καλου |  | εργου |
|  | Faithful [is] |  | the |  | word: |  | if |  | any |  | overseership 4 |  | stretches 1 forward 2 to 3 |  | of good 2 |  | a work 1 |

επιθυμει |  |
he is desirous. |  |

| 2 | δει |  | ουν |  | τον |  | επισκοπον |  | ανεπιληπτον |  | ειναι |  | μιας |  | γυναικος |  | ανδρα
|  | It behoves |  | then |  | the |  | overseer |  | irreproachable |  | to be, |  | of 2 one 3 |  | wife 4 |  | husband, 1

| νηφαλεον |  | σωφρονα |  | κοσμιον |  | φιλοξενον |  | διδακτικον |  |
| sober, |  | discreet, |  | decorous, |  | hospitable, |  | apt to teach; |  |

| 3 | μη |  | παροινον |  | μη |  | πληκτην |  | μη |  | αισχροκερδη |  | αλλ |  | επιεικη |  | αμαχον |
|  | not |  | given to wine, |  | not |  | a striker, |  | not |  | greedy of base gain, |  | but |  | gentle, |  | not contentious, |

αφιλαργυρον |  |
not loving money; |  |

| 4 | του |  | ιδιου |  | οικου |  | καλως |  | προισταμενον |  | τεκνα |  | εχοντα |  | εν |
|  | his own house |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | well |  | ruling, |  | [his] children |  | having |  | in |

υποταγη |  | μετα |  | πασης |  | σεμνοτητος |  |
subjection |  | with |  | all |  | gravity; |  |

| 5 | ει |  | δε |  | τις |  | του |  | ιδιου |  | οικου |  | προστηναι |  | ουκ |  | οιδεν |  | πως |
|  | (but if |  | ♦ |  | one |  | his own house |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | [how] to rule |  | knows not, |  | ♦ |  | how |

εκκλησιας |  | θεου |  | επιμελησεται |  |
[the] assembly |  | of God |  | shall he take care of?) |  |

| 6 | μη |  | νεοφυτον |  | ινα |  | μη |  | τυφωθεις |  | εις |  | κριμα |  | εμπεση |  | του |
|  | not |  | a novice, |  | lest |  | ♦ |  | being puffed up, |  | into |  | [the] crime |  | he 4 may 5 fall 6 |  | of 1 the 2 |

διαβολου |  |
devil. 3 |  |

| 7 | δει |  | δε |  | αυτον |  | και |  | μαρτυριαν |  | καλην |  | εχειν |  | απο |  | των |  | εξωθεν |  | ινα |
|  | But it behoves |  | ♦ |  | him |  | also |  | a testimony 2 |  | good 1 |  | to have |  | from |  | those |  | without, |  | lest |

μη |  | εις |  | ονειδισμον |  | εμπεση |  | και |  | παγιδα |  | του |  | διαβολου |  |
♦ |  | into |  | reproach |  | he may fall |  | and |  | [the] snare |  | of the |  | devil. |  |

| 8 | διακονους |  | ωσαυτως |  | σεμνους |  | μη |  | διλογους |  | μη |  | οινω |  | πολλω |
|  | Those who serve, |  | in like manner, |  | grave, |  | not |  | double-tongued, |  | not |  | to wine 2 |  | much 1 |

προσεχοντας |  | μη |  | αισχροκερδεις |  |
given, |  | not |  | greedy of base gain, |  |

| 9 | εχοντας |  | το |  | μυστηριον |  | της |  | πιστεως |  | εν |  | καθαρα |  | συνειδησει |  |
|  | holding |  | the |  | mystery |  | of the |  | faith |  | in |  | pure 2 |  | a conscience. 1 |  |

| 10 | και |  | ουτοι |  | δε |  | δοκιμαζεσθωσαν |  | πρωτον |  | ειτα |  | διακονειτωσαν |
|  | And these also |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | let them be proved |  | first, |  | then |  | let them serve, |

ανεγκλητοι |  | οντες |  |
unimpeachable 2 |  | being. 1 |  |

| 11 | γυναικας |  | ωσαυτως |  | σεμνας |  | μη |  | διαβολους |  | νηφαλεους |  | πιστας |  | εν |
|  | Women |  | in like manner |  | grave, |  | not |  | slanderers, |  | sober, |  | faithful |  | in |

πασιν |  |
all things. |  |

| 12 | διακονοι |  | εστωσαν |  | μιας |  | γυναικος |  | ανδρες |  | τεκνων |
|  | Those 2 who 3 serve 4 |  | let 1 be 5 |  | of 7 one 8 |  | wife 9 |  | husbands, 6 |  | [their] 12 children 13 |

καλως |  | προισταμενοι |  | και |  | των |  | ιδιων |  | οικων |  |
well 11 |  | ruling 10 |  | and |  | their own |  | ♦ |  | houses. |  |

| 13 | οι |  | γαρ |  | καλως |  | διακονησαντες |  | βαθμον |  | εαυτοις |  | καλον |
|  | For those |  | ♦ |  | well |  | having served, |  | a degree 2 |  | for 3 themselves 4 |  | good 1 |

περιποιουνται |  | και |  | πολλην |  | παρρησιαν |  | εν |  | πιστει |  | τη |  | εν |  | χριστω |  | ιησου |  |
acquire, |  | and |  | much |  | boldness |  | in |  | faith |  | which [is] |  | in |  | Christ |  | Jesus. |  |

| 14 | ταυτα |  | σοι |  | γραφω |  | ελπιζων |  | ελθειν |  | προς |  | σε |  | ταχιον |  |
|  | These things |  | to thee |  | I write, |  | hoping |  | to come |  | to |  | thee |  | more quickly; |  |

| 15 | εαν |  | δε |  | βραδυνω |  | ινα |  | ειδης |  | πως |  | δει |  | εν |  | οικω |  | θεου |
|  | but if |  | ♦ |  | I should delay, |  | that |  | thou mayest know |  | how |  | it behoves [one] |  | in [the] |  | house |  | of God |

αναστρεφεσθαι |  | ητις |  | εστιν |  | εκκλησια |  | θεου |  | ζωντος |  | στυλος |  | και |
to conduct oneself, |  | which |  | is |  | [the] assembly |  | of God 3 |  | [the] 1 living, 2 |  | pillar |  | and |

εδραιωμα |  | της |  | αληθειας |  |
base |  | of the |  | truth. |  |

| 16 | και |  | ομολογουμενως |  | μεγα |  | εστιν |  | το |  | της |  | ευσεβειας |  | μυστηριον |  | θεος |
|  | And |  | confessedly |  | great |  | is |  | the |  | ♦ |  | of 2 piety 3 |  | mystery: 1 |  | God |

εφανερωθη |  | εν |  | σαρκι |  | εδικαιωθη |  | εν |  | πνευματι |  | ωφθη |  | αγγελοις |
was manifested |  | in |  | flesh, |  | was justified |  | in |  | [the] Spirit, |  | was seen |  | by angels, |

εκηρυχθη |  | εν |  | εθνεσιν |  | επιστευθη |  | εν |  | κοσμω |  | ανεληφθη |  | εν |  | δοξη |  |
was proclaimed |  | among |  | [the] nations, |  | was believed on |  | in |  | [the] world, |  | was received up |  | in |  | glory. |  |