1 Timothy 3:1
IT is a true saying, If a man seeks the office of a bishop, he desireth a laudable employment.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
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 15:10Even so, I tell you, there is joy among the angels of God, over one repentant sinner.
Acts 20:28Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, over which the Holy Ghost hath made you bishops, to feed as shepherds the church of God, which he purchased with his own blood.
Ephesians 4:12for the perfecting the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edification of the body of Christ:
1 Thessalonians 5:14Now we conjure you, brethren, admonish the unruly, comfort the feeble-minded, support the infirm, be patient with all men.
1 Timothy 3:2A bishop then must be irreprehensible, the husband of one wife, temperate, sagacious, respectable, hospitable, well qualified for teaching;
2 Timothy 2:11It is a faithful saying: for if we be dead with him, we shall also live 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 →