1 Timothy 3:5-7

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁵ for if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for God’s church? ⁶ He must not be a recent convert, or he may be puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil;^{[a] 7} moreover he must be well thought of by outsiders, or he may fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.^[b]