1 Timothy 3:1 — King James Version← Study notes
“This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.”
1 Timothy 3:1 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · 1 Timothy 3:110 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on 1 Timothy 3:1
This relates to the present subject, not to what follows, respecting the office of a Bishop. For as it was doubted, he affirms it to be a true saying, that fathers may be benefited by the virtue of their children, and mothers also, when they have brought them up well. But what if she be herself addicted to wickedness and vice? Will she then be benefited by the bringing up of children? Is it not probable that she will bring them up to be like herself? It is not therefore of…
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