1 Timothy 3:1

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

Pr 11:30; Lu 15:10; Ac 1:20; Ac 20:28; Ro 11:13; Eph 4:12; Php 1:1; 1Th 5:14; 1Ti 1:15; 1Ti 3:2-7; 1Ti 4:9; 2Ti 2:11; Tit 1:7; Tit 3:8; Heb 12:15; Jas 5:19,20; 1Pe 2:25; 1Pe 4:15; 1Pe 5:2

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.”