1 Timothy 3:1

Qualifications for Overseers and Deacons

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

1 Timothy 3:12

3:12 Deacons must be husbands of one wife ³  and good managers of their children and their own households.

1 Timothy 4:4

4:4 For every creation of God is good and no food ⁴  is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.

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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.”

³ tn Or “men married only once,” “devoted solely to their wives” (see the note on “wife” in 1 Tim 3:2; also 1 Tim 5:9; Titus 1:6).

⁴ tn Grk “nothing.”