1 This is a faithful saying: someone who seeks to be an overseer desires a good work.Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.이 말은 믿을 만합니다. 누구든지 감독의 직분을 사모하면 좋은 일을 사모하는 것입니다.
2 The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;그러므로 감독은 책망할 것이 없으며, 한 아내의 남편이고, 절제하며, 신중하고, 단정하며, 나그네를 잘 대접하고, 잘 가르치는 사람이어야 합니다.
3 not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;술을 즐기지 않고, 폭력을 쓰지 않으며, 돈을 탐하지 않고, 오히려 온유하며, 다투지 않고, 욕심내지 않는 사람이어야 합니다.
4 one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;자기 집을 잘 다스리며, 자녀들을 온전히 공경하는 가운데 순종하게 하는 사람이어야 합니다.
5 ( for how could someone who doesn’ t know how to rule his own house take care of God’s assembly?)( but if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)(누구든지 자기 집을 다스릴 줄 모르면, 어떻게 하나님의 교회를 돌보겠습니까?)
6 not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.not a novice, lest being puffed up he fall into the condemnation of the devil.새로 믿은 사람은 안 됩니다. 교만해져서 마귀가 받은 것과 같은 정죄에 빠질까 염려되기 때문입니다.
7 Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.Moreover he must have good testimony from them that are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.또한 그는 교회 밖에 있는 사람들에게도 좋은 평판을 받는 사람이어야 합니다. 그래야 비방을 받거나 마귀의 올무에 빠지지 않습니다.
8 Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money,Deacons in like manner must be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;집사들도 이와 같이 단정하고, 한 입으로 두말하지 않으며, 술에 빠지지 않고, 더러운 이익을 탐하지 않아야 합니다.
9 holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.깨끗한 양심으로 믿음의 비밀을 간직해야 합니다.
10 Let them also first be tested; then let them serve if they are blameless.And let these also first be proved; then let them serve as deacons, if they be blameless.또한 이들도 먼저 시험을 받게 하고, 그런 다음에 흠이 없으면 집사로 섬기게 하십시오.
11 Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, and faithful in all things.Women in like manner must be grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.여자들도 이와 같이 단정하고, 남을 헐뜯지 않으며, 절제하고, 모든 일에 충성스러워야 합니다.
12 Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.집사는 한 아내의 남편이고, 자녀와 자기 집을 잘 다스리는 사람이어야 합니다.
13 For those who have served well gain for themselves a good standing and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.For they that have served well as deacons gain to themselves a good standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.집사의 직분을 잘 수행한 사람은 자기를 위하여 아름다운 지위와, 그리스도 예수 안에 있는 믿음 안에서 큰 담대함을 얻습니다.
14 These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly,These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly;내가 곧 너에게 가기를 바라면서 이것들을 너에게 써 보낸다.
15 but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in God’s house, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.but if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.그러나 내가 지체하더라도, 너는 사람이 하나님의 집에서 어떻게 행해야 하는지를 알아야 한다. 이 집은 살아 계신 하나님의 교회요, 진리의 기둥과 터다.
16 Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory.And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness; He who was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the spirit, Seen of angels, Preached among the nations, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory.경건의 비밀은 참으로 크니, 의심할 여지가 없습니다. 그분은 육신으로 나타나셨고, 영으로 의롭다 하심을 받으셨고, 천사들에게 보이셨고, 만국에 전파되셨고, 세상에서 믿은 바 되셨고, 영광 가운데 올려지셨습니다.