1 Timothy 3:1 KJV — MannaFest

1 Timothy 3:1

This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.

KJV

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ASV

Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.

WEB

This is a trustworthy saying: If anyone aspires to be an overseer, he desires a noble task.

YLT

Stedfast is the word: If any one the oversight doth long for, a right work he desireth;

DBT

The word [is] faithful: if any one aspires to exercise oversight, he desires a good work.

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1 Timothy — Paul's first pastoral letter to his son in the faith. Guarding the deposit: sound doctrine, church order, pastoral responsibility.

Author: Paul (1:1)
Date: c. AD 62–66, from Macedonia after a first release

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Titus 1:7
For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
Acts 20:28
Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
1 Peter 5:2
Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
1 Timothy 1:15
This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
1 Peter 2:25
For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

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The ministry is not a creature of the state, and it is a pity that the minister should be at any time the tool of the state. The office of the ministry was in the church before the magistrate countenanced Christianity, for this office is one of the great gifts Christ has bestowed on the church, Eph. iv.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

This is utterly distinct from ambitious desires after office in the Church. (Jas 3:1). bishop--overseer: as yet identical with "presbyter" (Ac 20:17, 28; Tit 1:5-7). good work--literally, "honorable work." Not the honor associated with it, but the work, is the prominent thought (Ac 15:38;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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