For no one who has a blemish shall draw near, a man blind or lame, or one who has a mutilated face or a limb too long,
His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
or a man who has an injured foot or an injured hand,
You blind men! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred?
moreover he must be well thought of by outsiders, or he may fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
For there are many insubordinate men, empty talkers and deceivers, especially the circumcision party;
For a bishop, as God's steward, must be blameless; he must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain,