whom he poured out on us in full measure through Jesus Christ our Savior.

He must hold firmly to the faithful message as it has been taught, so that he will be able to give exhortation in such healthy teaching and correct those who speak against it.

Instead he must be hospitable, devoted to what is good, sensible, upright, devout, and self-controlled.

But now in his own time he has made his message evident through the preaching I was entrusted with according to the command of God our Savior.

he saved us not by works of righteousness that we have done but on the basis of his mercy, through the washing of the new birth and the renewing of the Holy Spirit,

He gave himself for us to set us free from every kind of lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are truly his, who are eager to do good.

and a sound message that cannot be criticized, so that any opponent will be at a loss, because he has nothing evil to say about us.

You know that such a person is twisted by sin and is conscious of it himself.

For the overseer must be blameless as one entrusted with God’s work, not arrogant, not prone to anger, not a drunkard, not violent, not greedy for gain.

And so, since we have been justified by his grace, we become heirs with the confident expectation of eternal life.”

in hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the ages began.

An elder must be blameless, the husband of one wife, with faithful children who cannot be charged with dissipation or rebellion.