Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God’s church? He must not be a recent convert, or he may become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil. Moreover, he must be well thought of by outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace, into a snare of the devil." (ESV)
Kailangan ding siya'y hindi mahilig sa alak, hindi mapusok kundi mahinahon at maibigin sa kapayapaan, hindi gahaman sa salapi. Kailangang siya'y mahusay mamahala sa sariling sambahayan, iginagalang at sinusunod ng kanyang mga anak. Paano makapangangasiwa nang maayos sa iglesya ng Diyos ang isang tao kung ang sambahayan lang niya'y hindi kayang pamahalaan? Kailangang siya'y matagal nang nananampalataya; kung hindi, baka siya'y maging palalo at tuloy mahatulan gaya ng diyablo. Kailangan ding siya'y iginagalang ng mga taong hindi kaanib sa iglesya at nang di siya mapulaan at hindi mahulog sa bitag ng diyablo." (MBB).