New Testament · SCRIPTURE
1 Timothy 3:1
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This is a trustworthy saying: If anyone aspires to be an overseer, he desires a noble task.
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This [is] a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
KJV text & permissions
This is a faithful saying: someone who seeks to be an overseer desires a good work.
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
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Trustworthy [is] the word: If anyone aspires to overseership, he is desirous of a good work.
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
1 Timothy 3
1 This is a trustworthy saying: If anyone aspires to be an overseer, he desires a noble task.
2 An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
3 not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money.
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