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1 Timothy 3:1
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Qualifications of Overseers

1 This is a faithful saying: If a man desires the position of a1 bishop, he desires a good work.  
2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach;
3 not1 given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not3 covetous;  
4 one who rules his own house well, having his children in submission with all reverence
5 (for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?);
6 not a1 novice, lest being puffed up with pride he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.  
7 Moreover he must have a good testimony among those who are outside, lest he fall into reproach and the asnare of the devil.  

Qualifications of Deacons

8 Likewise deacons must be reverent, not double-tongued, anot given to much wine, not greedy for money,  
9 holding the1 mystery of the faith with a pure conscience.  
10 But let these also first be tested; then let them serve as deacons, being found blameless.
11 Likewise, their wives must be reverent, not1 slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.  
12 Let deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
Verse Comparison: 1 Timothy 3:1

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American Standard Version
Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.

Amplified® Bible
THE SAYING is true {and} irrefutable: If any man [eagerly] seeks the office of bishop (superintendent, overseer), he desires an excellent task (work).

Contemporary English Version
It is true that anyone who desires to be a church official wants to be something worthwhile.

Darby English Version
The word [is] faithful: if any one aspires to exercise oversight, he desires a good work.

Good News Bible
This is a true saying: If a man is eager to be a church leader, he desires an excellent work.

International Standard Version
This saying is trustworthy: The one who would an elder be, A noble task desires he.

King James Version
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.

New American Standard Bible
It is a trustworthy statement: if any man aspires to the office of overseer, it is a fine work he desires {to do.}

New International Version
Here is a trustworthy saying: If anyone sets his heart on being an overseer, he desires a noble task.

New King James Version
This is a faithful saying: If a man desires the position of a bishop, he desires a good work.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
We make a trustworthy statement: if any man aspires to the office of overseer, he desires to do a fine work.

Young's Literal Translation
Stedfast `is' the word: If any one the oversight doth long for, a right work he desireth;


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