Verse 1
1 Timothy 3:1
World English Bible
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This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer, he desires a good work.
Original Language Text
greek
Πιστὸς ὁ λόγος· εἴ τις ἐπισκοπῆς ὀρέγεται, καλοῦ ἔργου ἐπιθυμεῖ.
English Translation
The saying is trustworthy: if anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a good work.
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Chapter 3 Context
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This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer, he desires a good work.
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The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modes...
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not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;
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one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;
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(but if a man doesn’t know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the assembly of God (...
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not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.
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Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and...
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Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not gree...
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holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
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Let them also first be tested; then let them serve if they are blameless.
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Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.
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Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
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For those who have served well gain for themselves a good standing, and great boldness in the faith...
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These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly;
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but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in God (Elohim)’s house, wh...
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Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great:
God (Elohim) was revealed in the flesh,
just...
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