1Stedfast is the word: If any one the oversight doth long for, a right work he desireth;
1Stedfast is the word: If any one the oversight doth long for, a right work he desireth;
1 Stedfast is the word: If any one the oversight doth long for, a right work he desireth;
2 it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,
3 not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre, but gentle, not contentious, not a lover of money,
3:1This [is] a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
3:1Here is a trustworthy saying: If anyone sets his heart on being an overseer, he desires a noble task.
3:1A faithful saying: if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
3:1Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
3:1The word is faithful: if any one aspires to exercise oversight, he desires a good work.
3:1Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
3:1This is a true saying, If a man desireth the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
3:1This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer, he desires a good work.
3:1This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desires a good work.