JMNT(i)
7 – for you see, it continues binding and necessary for the person who sets his eyes upon the distant goal, having a full-scope view, and successfully hits the target (or: the one who surveys, inspects and watches upon; the scout; the tender guardian who oversees with attentive care)
to continue being one [
that is]
not normally called up, or arraigned, before a judge (= to habitually exist being one free from reproach).
As God's house administrator (house manager; house dispenser and distributor; estate steward), [
he should]
not [
be]
one who pleases himself (or: gives himself to pleasure):
not impulsive (prone to passion, irritation or anger; not ruled by his own mental bent, disposition or propensities; not one teeming with internal swelling or motion),
not addicted to wine (or: beside himself with wine; = not a drunk),
not quarrelsome and apt to strike another, not one eager for dishonorable, deformed or ugly gain.
8 But to the contrary, [
he should be]
fond of strangers (have affection for foreigners; be hospitable), [
be]
fond of the good and have affection for virtue and excellence, [
be]
whole, healthy and liberated (sound)
in frame of mind and disposition ([be] sane),
[
be]
fair and equitable, and in rightwised relationships within the Way pointed out, [
be]
loyal, dutiful and pure from all crime, [
produce]
inner strength ([be] self-controlled),
9 habitually holding himself firmly to (or: clinging face-to-face to)
the full-of-faith Word (message; thought; idea; Logos; or: the faithful word)
– down from, corresponding to and in line with the Teaching and training – to the end that he can be powerful and able both to be constantly encouraging (habitually performing as a paraclete; repeatedly exhorting; continually calling folks alongside to give them assistance or relief)
in the teaching that continues being sound and healthy, and to repeatedly put to the proof so as to convince by demonstration, or to refute by exposure of the test, the folks habitually speaking in opposition and contradicting.