1 Timothy 3:1
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Qualifications for Overseers and Deacons
3:1This saying1 is trustworthy: “If someone aspires to the office of overseer,2 he desires a good work.”
Footnotes
- 1 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 Grk “aspires to oversight.”
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In other versions
ESVEnglish Standard Version
The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Here is a trustworthy saying: Whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble task.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
This saying is trustworthy: “If anyone aspires to be an overseer, he desires a noble work.”
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NLTNew Living Translation
This is a trustworthy saying: “If someone aspires to be a church leader, he desires an honorable position.”
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
The saying is trustworthy: if anyone aspires to supervision, he desires a good work.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
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