1 Timothy 3:1

Qualifications for Overseers and Deacons

1 Here is a trustworthy saying: Whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble task.

1 Timothy 3:1 in Other Translations

KJV
1 This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
ESV
1 The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task.
NLT
1 This is a trustworthy saying: “If someone aspires to be an elder, he desires an honorable position.”
MSG
1 If anyone wants to provide leadership in the church, good!
CSB
1 This saying is trustworthy: "If anyone aspires to be an overseer, he desires a noble work."

1 Timothy 3:1 In-Context

1 Here is a trustworthy saying: Whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble task.
2 Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
3 not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.
4 He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him, and he must do so in a manner worthy of full respect.
5 (If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church?)

Cross References 2

  • 1. S 1 Timothy 1:15
  • 2. Acts 20:28; Philippians 1:1; Titus 1:7
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