1 Timothy 3

Paul lays out for Timothy the qualities to look for and appreciate in those that would lead the local assembly of believers. The list of qualifications is strict and difficult to achieve - and that seems to be by design. Those that would lead must do so first of all by example, secondly by example, and thirdly by example. Somewhere down the line is "by word of teaching." Personal qualities are that critical because these are the men who explain the mystery of God's manifestation among us in the person of His Son, Jesus Christ.