1 Timothy 3:1

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Summary

1 Timothy 3:1

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

Is a

The office

1 Peter 2:25

Desireth

James 5:19

Bible References

Is a

The word is true and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief;

It is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation.

The saying is true, For if we died together we shall live together;

The word is true, and I wish you to insist strongly concerning these things, that those who have believed in God may be careful to maintain good works. For these things are honorable and useful to men.

The office

It is necessary therefore that a bishop should be blameless, a husband of one wife, circumspect, sober, well-behaved, hospitable, apt to teach,

For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his dwelling be desolate and let no one dwell in it, and his superintendency let another take.

PAUL and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons.

For a bishop must be blameless as a steward of God, not self-indulgent, not soon angry, not given to wine, not contentious, not devoted to base gain,

For you were like lost sheep, but are now returned to the shepherd and bishop of your souls.

Desireth

So, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner that changes his mind.

For I speak to you, gentiles. Inasmuch as I am an apostle of the gentiles, I glorify my ministry,

for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edification of the body of Christ,

And we exhort you, brothers, admonish the disorderly, comfort the dispirited, assist the sick, be of long suffering towards all men.

Brothers, if any one among you errs from the truth, and one converts him,