1 Timothy 3:1
This is a true saying, If any man desire the office of a Bishop, he desireth a worthie worke.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
In Context
Cross References
Luke 15:10Likewise I say vnto you, there is ioy in the presence of the Angels of God, for one sinner that conuerteth.
Acts 20:28Take heede therefore vnto your selues, and to all the flocke, whereof the holy Ghost hath made you Ouerseers, to feede the Church of God, which hee hath purchased with that his owne blood.
Ephesians 4:12For the repairing of the Saintes, for the woorke of the ministerie, and for the edification of the bodie of Christ,
1 Thessalonians 5:14We desire you, brethren, admonish them that are out of order: comfort ye feeble minded: beare with the weake: be pacient toward all men.
1 Timothy 3:2A Bishop therefore must be vnreproueable, the husband of one wife, watching, temperate, modest, harberous, apt to teache,
2 Timothy 2:11It is a true saying, For if we be dead together with him, we also shall liue together with him.
Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 3:1
In this chapter our apostle treats of church-officers. He specifies, I. The qualifications of a person to be admitted to the office of a bishop, ver. 1-7 . II. The qualifications of deacons ( ver. 8-10 ), and of their wives ( ver. 11 ), again of the deacons, ver. 12, 13 . III. The reasons of his writing to Timothy, whereupon he speaks of the church and the foundation-truth professed therein, ver. 14, to the end . Read the whole commentary →