1 Timothy 3:1

Overview - 1 Timothy 3
How bishops and deacons, and their wives should be qualified;
14 and to what end Saint Paul wrote to Timothy of these things.
15 Of the church, and the blessed truth therein taught and professed.
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1 Timothy 3:1  (King James Version)
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
 


is a
1:15 4:9 2 Timothy 2:11 ; Titus 3:8

the office
2-7 ; Acts 1:20 ; Philippians 1:1 ; Titus 1:7 ; 1 Peter 2:25

bishop
Acts 20:28 ; Hebrews 12:15 ; 1 Peter 4:15 ; 5:2 *Gr:

desireth
Proverbs 11:30 ; Luke 15:10 ; Romans 11:13 ; Ephesians 4:12 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:14 ; James 5:19 James 5:20