For whatsoever man he is that has a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or lame, or he that has a marred face, or any limb too long,
His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
Or a man that has a broken foot, or broken hand,
You fools and blind: for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
Moreover he must have a good report of them who are outside; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, especially they of the circumcision:
For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, not violent, not given to dishonest gain;