3:1 This saying 1 is trustworthy: “If someone aspires to the office of overseer, 2 he desires a good work.”
1 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).
2 tn Grk “aspires to oversight.”