“This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.”
The saying is sure: if anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble work — this trustworthy saying (logos pistos) affirms the legitimate aspiration to episcopacy while immediately qualifying ambition with virtue. The overseer's task (ergon kalon) is simultaneously noble and demanding.
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