1 Timothy 3:1 - Revised Standard Version

¹ The saying is sure: If any one aspires to the office of bishop, he desires a noble task.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ THE SAYING is true and irrefutable: If any man [eagerly] seeks the office of bishop (superintendent, overseer), he desires an excellent task (work).

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.

Common English Bible

¹ This saying is reliable: if anyone has a goal to be a supervisor in the church, they want a good thing.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ It is a faithful saying: if a man desires the episcopate, he desires a good work.

1 Timothy 3:1 Referencias Cruzadas

Titus 1:7

For a bishop, as God's steward, must be blameless; he must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain,

Acts 20:28

Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God which he obtained with the blood of his own Son.

1 Peter 5:2

Tend the flock of God that is your charge, not by constraint but willingly, not for shameful gain but eagerly,

1 Timothy 1:15

The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. And I am the foremost of sinners;

1 Peter 2:25

For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls.

Hebrews 12:15

See to it that no one fail to obtain the grace of God; that no “root of bitterness” spring up and cause trouble, and by it the many become defiled;

2 Timothy 2:11

The saying is sure: If we have died with him, we shall also live with him;

1 Timothy 4:9

The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance.

Philippians 1:1

Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:

Luke 15:10

Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

Titus 3:8

The saying is sure. I desire you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to apply themselves to good deeds; these are excellent and profitable to men.

Ephesians 4:12

to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ,

Acts 1:20

For it is written in the book of Psalms, ‘Let his habitation become desolate, and let there be no one to live in it’; and ‘His office let another take.’

1 Peter 4:15

But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or a wrongdoer, or a mischief-maker;

1 Thessalonians 5:14

And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the idlers, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all.

Romans 11:13

Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry

Proverbs 11:30

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, but lawlessness takes away lives.