1 Timothy 3:1
This is a faithful saying, "If any man is seeking the office of a minister he is aspiring to a noble task."
Montgomery 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 15:10"Even so I tell you there is joy in the presence of the angels for God over one sinner who repents."
Acts 20:28Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has appointed you overseers, and be shepherds of the church of God which he has purchased with his own blood.
Ephesians 4:12in order to equip the saints for the work of serving, for the building up of the Body of Christ -
1 Thessalonians 5:14And, brothers, we urge you to admonish the disorderly, comfort the faint-hearted, sustain the weak, lose patience with none.
1 Timothy 3:2The minister should be a man of blameless character; he should be husband of but one wife; he should live a sober, self-restrained, orderly life; he should be hospitable, skilled in teaching;
2 Timothy 2:11Faithful is the saying. "If we have died 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 →