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1 Timothy 3:1 KJV
1 Timothy · chapter 3 · verse 1
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;
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- 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 →
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The two epistles to Timothy, and that to Titus, contain a scripture-plan of church-government, or a direction to ministers. Timothy, we suppose, was an evangelist who was left at Ephesus, to take care of those whom the Holy Ghost had made bishops there, that is, the presbyters, as appears by Act 20:28, where the care…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7