1 Timothy 3:10
They should be tested first, and only appointed to their Office if no objection is raised against them.
1 Timothy 5:22
Never ordain any one hastily, and take no part in the wrong-doing of others. Keep your life pure.
Acts 6:1-2
About this time, when the number of the disciples was constantly increasing, complaints were made by the Jews of foreign birth against the native Jews, that their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution.
1 Corinthians 1:8
And God himself will strengthen you to the end, so that at the Day of our Lord Jesus Christ you may be found blameless.
Colossians 1:22
But now he has reconciled you to himself by the sacrifice of Christ's earthly body in death--it has pleased God that you should stand in his presence holy, pure, and blameless,
1 Timothy 3:2
The Presiding-Officer should be a man of blameless character; a faithful husband; living a temperate, discreet, and well-ordered life; hospitable, and a skillful teacher,
1 Timothy 3:6
The Presiding-Officer should not be a recent convert, that he may not be blinded by pride and fall under the same condemnation as the Devil.
1 Timothy 3:13
Those who have filled that post with honour gain for themselves an honorable position, as well as great confidence through the faith that they place in Christ Jesus.
Titus 1:6-7
They are to be men of irreproachable character, who are faithful husbands, whose children are Christians and have never been charged with dissolute conduct or have been unruly.
1 John 4:1
Dear friends, do not trust every inspiration, but test each inspiration, to see whether it proceeds from God; because many false Prophets have gone out into the world.