1 Timothy 3:1
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
KJV
This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer, he desires a good work.
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desires a good work.
What does 1 Timothy 3:1 mean?
1 Timothy 3:1 is a verse in the book of 1 Timothy, in the New Testament. In the original Greek, key words include πιστός (pistos), λόγος (logos), τίς (ei). It connects to 18 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.
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Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Romans 1:11For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;
Romans 15:13Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Romans 16:25Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,
1 Corinthians 1:8Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Corinthians 1:3Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
2 Corinthians 1:21Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;
Colossians 2:7Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
1 Thessalonians 3:2And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith:
1 Thessalonians 3:13To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints. saints: or, holy ones, or, angels
1 Timothy 3:3Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; given: or, ready to quarrel, and offer wrong, as one in wine
1 Timothy 3:16And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
Hebrews 13:9Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.
James 1:21Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
James 1:22But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
1 Peter 5:10But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
1 John 3:18My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
Jude 1:24Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
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Verses like this
Other verses that share key original-language words with 1 Timothy 3:1.
And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.
Mark 4:20And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.
Matthew 13:23But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold some sixty some thirty.
Matthew 26:10When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.
Matthew 5:16Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Romans 13:9For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Frequently asked questions
What does 1 Timothy 3:1 say?
1 Timothy 3:1 (King James Version) reads: "This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work."
Is 1 Timothy 3:1 in the Old or New Testament?
1 Timothy 3:1 is in the New Testament of the Bible, in the book of 1 Timothy.
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