[232] Bhikkhus, a resident bhikkhu possessing five qualities is dear and agreeable to his companions in the holy life, and respected and esteemed by them. What are the five? (1) He is virtuous; he dwells restrained by the restraint of the Pātimokkha, accomplished in conduct and resort, seeing danger in the slightest faults; having undertaken the training rules, he trains in them. (2) He is of great learning, a bearer of what has been heard, an accumulator of what has been heard: those dhammas that are good in the beginning, good in the middle, and good in the end, with meaning and with phrasing, which proclaim the holy life that is entirely complete and pure—of such dhammas he has learned much, retained them, mastered them verbally, examined them with the mind, and penetrated them well by view. (3) He is of beautiful speech, an utterer of beautiful speech, endowed with speech that is polished, distinct, unfaltering, and able to convey the meaning. (4) He is one who gains at will, without trouble, without difficulty, the four jhānas that pertain to the higher mind and are pleasant dwellings in this very life. (5) With the destruction of the taints (āsava), he realizes for himself with direct knowledge, in this very life, the taintless liberation of mind and liberation by wisdom, and having entered upon it, he dwells in it. Bhikkhus, a resident bhikkhu possessing these five qualities is dear and agreeable to his companions in the holy life, and respected and esteemed by them.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.