1 Timothy 3:1 KJV

1 Timothy · chapter 3 · verse 1 · King James Version

This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.1 Timothy 3:1 · King James Version

1 Timothy 3:1 in context

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

2A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

3Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;

desirethepithymeōto turn upon a thing, to have a desire for, long for, to desire, to lust after, covet, of…G1937 →
sayinglogosof speech, a word, uttered by a living voice, embodies a conception or idea, what someone…G3056 →
desireoregōto stretch one's self out in order to touch or to grasp something, to reach after or…G3713 →
bishopepiskopēinvestigation, inspection, visitation, that act by which God looks into and searches out…G1984 →
truepistostrusty, faithful, of persons who show themselves faithful in the transaction of business…G4103 →
goodkalosbeautiful, handsome, excellent, eminent, choice, surpassing, precious, useful, suitable…G2570 →