Discovery Box1 Timothy 1:15 
Context1:15 This saying 1 is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” – and I am the worst of them! 2
1 Timothy 3:1
ContextQualifications for Overseers and Deacons
3:1 This saying 3 is trustworthy: “If someone aspires to the office of overseer, 4 he desires a good work.”
1 Timothy 4:9
Context4:9 This saying 5 is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance.
1 tn Grk “the saying,” referring to the following citation (see 1 Tim 3:1; 4:9; 2 Tim 2:11; Titus 3:8 for other occurrences of this phrase).
2 tn Grk “of whom I am the first.”
3 tn Grk “the saying,” referring to the following citation (see 1 Tim 1:15; 4:9; 2 Tim 2:11; Titus 3:8 for other occurrences of this phrase).
4 tn Grk “aspires to oversight.”
5 tn Grk “the saying.”
sn This saying. The literal phrase “the saying” refers to the preceding citation. See 1 Tim 1:15; 3:1; 2 Tim 2:11; Titus 3:8 for other occurrences of this phrase.
