1Choose, therefore, for yourselves bishops and deacons worthy of the Lord, men who are meek, and not lovers of money, and true and proven.
2For they also render to you the service of the prophets and teachers. Therefore, do not despise them, for they are your honored ones, together with the prophets and teachers.
3And reprove one another, not in anger, but in peace, as you have in the Gospel.
4But to everyone who acts wrongly against another, let no one speak to him, nor let him hear anything from you, until he repents.
5And your prayers and alms and all your actions, do as you have in the Gospel of our Lord.