1 ತಿಮೊಥೆಯನಿಗೆ 3:12
ಸಭಾ ಸೇವಕರು ಏಕಪತ್ನಿಯುಳ್ಳವರೂ ತಮ್ಮ ಮಕ್ಕಳನ್ನೂ ಮನೆಯವರನ್ನೂ ಚೆನ್ನಾಗಿ ಆಳುವವರೂ ಆಗಿರಬೇಕು.
| Let the deacons | διάκονοι | diakonoi | thee-AH-koh-noo |
| be | ἔστωσαν | estōsan | A-stoh-sahn |
| the husbands | μιᾶς | mias | mee-AS |
| of one | γυναικὸς | gynaikos | gyoo-nay-KOSE |
| wife, | ἄνδρες | andres | AN-thrase |
| ruling | τέκνων | teknōn | TAY-knone |
| their children | καλῶς | kalōs | ka-LOSE |
| and | προϊστάμενοι | proistamenoi | proh-ee-STA-may-noo |
| καὶ | kai | kay | |
| their own | τῶν | tōn | tone |
| houses | ἰδίων | idiōn | ee-THEE-one |
| well. | οἴκων | oikōn | OO-kone |