1 Timothy 3:7 - Plain English Version7 He has to be a man that everybody says is a good man. Even people that are not Christians have to say that he is good. If they know that he is a good man, they will respect him. The devil always tries to make Christian leaders go wrong so that he can shame them. It is like the devil has a trap and tries to catch them in it, but he can’t catch a man that is always good. Ver CapítuloMás versionesKing James Version (Oxford) 17697 Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. Ver CapítuloAmplified Bible - Classic Edition7 Furthermore, he must have a good reputation and be well thought of by those outside [the church], lest he become involved in slander and incur reproach and fall into the devil's trap. Ver CapítuloAmerican Standard Version (1901)7 Moreover he must have good testimony from them that are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. Ver CapítuloCommon English Bible7 They should also have a good reputation with those outside the church so that they won’t be embarrassed and fall into the devil’s trap. Ver CapítuloCatholic Public Domain Version7 And it is necessary for him also to have good testimony from those who are outside, so that he may not fall into disrepute and the snare of the devil. Ver Capítulo |
But people that try to get lots of money, they let the devil trick them. The devil is the boss over the bad spirits. He gets those people to want things so much that they will do anything to get them. That’s how they fall into the devil’s trap. They do silly things, and bad things too. The devil really wrecks them.
So, friends, you pick 7 of your own men to do that job. They can give the money and food to the widows. You have to pick men that other people say are good men. They have to be men that God’s Holy Spirit controls properly, and they have to be men that always think properly. We will let those men take over that work. They will give money and food to the widows,
and to control themselves, and to only sleep with their own husbands, and not to do what married people do together with anybody else. And they can teach them to work hard at home, and to do good things, and to think about what their husbands want and agree with them. So people will see the things that the young women do, and they will not be able to say anything bad about God’s message.
You see, I can’t be the judge of people that are not Christians. God will judge those people, and he will punish those people that do bad things. But if a Christian in your church group does bad things, you have to work out how to punish them. You have to do what God says in his book, “Get rid of bad people from your group.”