1 Timothy 3:1
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
This is a trustworthy saying: If anyone aspires to be an overseer, he desires a noble task.
In context
1 This is a trustworthy saying: If anyone aspires to be an overseer, he desires a noble task.
2 An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
3 not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money.
1 Timothy 3:1 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- This is a trustworthy saying: If anyone aspires to be an overseer, he desires a noble task.
- KJV King James Version
- This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
- WEB World English Bible
- This is a faithful saying: someone who seeks to be an overseer desires a good work.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Stedfast [is] the word: If any one the oversight doth long for, a right work he desireth;
- DBY Darby Translation
- The word [is] faithful: if any one aspires to exercise oversight, he desires a good work.
- WBS Webster Bible
- This is a true saying, If a man desireth the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.