# 1 Timothy 3 ## 1 Timothy 3:1 - [KJV] This *is* a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. - [ASV] Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. - [YLT] Stedfast *is* the word: If any one the oversight doth long for, a right work he desireth; ### Notes on 1 Timothy 3:1 - ## 1 Timothy 3:2 - [KJV] A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; - [ASV] The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach; - [YLT] it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach, ### Notes on 1 Timothy 3:2 - ## 1 Timothy 3:3 - [KJV] Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; - [ASV] no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money; - [YLT] not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre, but gentle, not contentious, not a lover of money, ### Notes on 1 Timothy 3:3 - ## 1 Timothy 3:4 - [KJV] One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; - [ASV] one that ruleth well his own house, having *his* children in subjection with all gravity; - [YLT] his own house leading well, having children in subjection with all gravity, ### Notes on 1 Timothy 3:4 - ## 1 Timothy 3:5 - [KJV] (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) - [ASV] (but if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) - [YLT] (and if any one his own house *how* to lead hath not known, how an assembly of God shall he take care of?) ### Notes on 1 Timothy 3:5 - ## 1 Timothy 3:6 - [KJV] Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. - [ASV] not a novice, lest being puffed up he fall into the condemnation of the devil. - [YLT] not a new convert, lest having been puffed up he may fall to a judgment of the devil; ### Notes on 1 Timothy 3:6 - ## 1 Timothy 3:7 - [KJV] Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. - [ASV] Moreover he must have good testimony from them that are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. - [YLT] and it behoveth him also to have a good testimony from those without, that he may not fall into reproach and a snare of the devil. ### Notes on 1 Timothy 3:7 - ## 1 Timothy 3:8 - [KJV] Likewise *must* the deacons *be* grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; - [ASV] Deacons in like manner *must be* grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; - [YLT] Ministrants -- in like manner grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not given to filthy lucre, ### Notes on 1 Timothy 3:8 - ## 1 Timothy 3:9 - [KJV] Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. - [ASV] holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. - [YLT] having the secret of the faith in a pure conscience, ### Notes on 1 Timothy 3:9 - ## 1 Timothy 3:10 - [KJV] And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being *found* blameless. - [ASV] And let these also first be proved; then let them serve as deacons, if they be blameless. - [YLT] and let these also first be proved, then let them minister, being unblameable. ### Notes on 1 Timothy 3:10 - ## 1 Timothy 3:11 - [KJV] Even so *must their* wives *be* grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. - [ASV] Women in like manner *must be* grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things. - [YLT] Women -- in like manner grave, not false accusers, vigilant, faithful in all things. ### Notes on 1 Timothy 3:11 - ## 1 Timothy 3:12 - [KJV] Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. - [ASV] Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling *their* children and their own houses well. - [YLT] Ministrants -- let them be of one wife husbands; the children leading well, and their own houses, ### Notes on 1 Timothy 3:12 - ## 1 Timothy 3:13 - [KJV] For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus. - [ASV] For they that have served well as deacons gain to themselves a good standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus. - [YLT] for those who did minister well a good step to themselves do acquire, and much boldness in faith that *is* in Christ Jesus. ### Notes on 1 Timothy 3:13 - ## 1 Timothy 3:14 - [KJV] These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly: - [ASV] These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly; - [YLT] These things I write to thee, hoping to come unto thee soon, ### Notes on 1 Timothy 3:14 - ## 1 Timothy 3:15 - [KJV] But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. - [ASV] but if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. - [YLT] and if I delay, that thou mayest know how it behoveth *thee* to conduct thyself in the house of God, which is an assembly of the living God -- a pillar and foundation of the truth, ### Notes on 1 Timothy 3:15 - ## 1 Timothy 3:16 - [KJV] And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory. - [ASV] And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness; He who was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the spirit, Seen of angels, Preached among the nations, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory. - [YLT] and, confessedly, great is the secret of piety -- God was manifested in flesh, declared righteous in spirit, seen by messengers, preached among nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory! ### Notes on 1 Timothy 3:16 -