1 Timothy 3
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1This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
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2A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
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3Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
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4One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
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5(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
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6Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
1 Timothy 3:6
7Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
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8Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
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9Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
1 Timothy 3:9
10And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
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11Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
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12Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
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13For 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.
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14These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:
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15But 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.
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16And 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.
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1 Timothy 3:1
Titus 1:7For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon...Acts 20:28¶ Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the...1 Peter 5:2Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by c...1 Timothy 1:15This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came...James 5:19Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
1 Timothy 3:2
2 Timothy 2:24And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to...Titus 1:6If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accus...Romans 12:13Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.1 Timothy 5:9Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been...1 Peter 4:9Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
1 Timothy 3:3
Titus 1:7For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon...Ephesians 5:18And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;Titus 3:2To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unt...1 Timothy 3:8Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, n...Isaiah 28:7¶ But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the...
1 Timothy 3:4
Titus 1:6If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accus...Genesis 18:19For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, a...1 Timothy 3:12Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own...Titus 2:2That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in pat...Acts 10:2A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms t...
1 Timothy 3:5
1 Samuel 3:13For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which...Ephesians 5:24Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own...Ephesians 5:32This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.Acts 20:28¶ Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the...1 Timothy 3:15But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself i...
1 Timothy 3:6
1 Timothy 6:4He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, w...Hebrews 5:12For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you a...1 Peter 5:5Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subje...1 Peter 2:2As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:Isaiah 2:12For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty...
1 Timothy 3:7
2 Corinthians 8:21Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the...Colossians 4:5Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.2 Timothy 2:26And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are take...1 Thessalonians 4:12That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lac...Acts 6:3Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of t...
1 Timothy 3:8
Philippians 1:1Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Je...Acts 6:3Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of t...Titus 2:3The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not fal...1 Timothy 5:23Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine of...1 Timothy 3:3Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a br...
1 Timothy 3:9
1 Timothy 1:19Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning fait...2 John 1:9Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God...1 Timothy 1:5Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good con...1 Timothy 3:16And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in t...
1 Timothy 3:10
1 Timothy 5:22Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thys...1 Timothy 3:13For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a goo...Titus 1:6If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accus...1 Corinthians 1:8Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of...1 Timothy 3:6Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of t...
1 Timothy 3:11
Titus 2:3The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not fal...Titus 3:2To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unt...1 Timothy 3:2A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of go...Proverbs 10:18He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool...2 Timothy 3:3Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, d...
1 Timothy 3:12
1 Timothy 3:2A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of go...1 Timothy 3:4One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all g...Philippians 1:1Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Je...1 Timothy 3:8Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, n...
Cross References
1 Timothy 3:1
Titus 1:7For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon...Acts 20:28¶ Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the...1 Peter 5:2Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by c...1 Timothy 1:15This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came...James 5:19Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
1 Timothy 3:2
2 Timothy 2:24And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to...Titus 1:6If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accus...Romans 12:13Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.1 Timothy 5:9Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been...1 Peter 4:9Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
1 Timothy 3:3
Titus 1:7For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon...Ephesians 5:18And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;Titus 3:2To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unt...1 Timothy 3:8Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, n...Isaiah 28:7¶ But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the...
1 Timothy 3:4
Titus 1:6If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accus...Genesis 18:19For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, a...1 Timothy 3:12Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own...Titus 2:2That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in pat...Acts 10:2A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms t...
1 Timothy 3:5
1 Samuel 3:13For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which...Ephesians 5:24Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own...Ephesians 5:32This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.Acts 20:28¶ Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the...1 Timothy 3:15But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself i...
1 Timothy 3:6
1 Timothy 6:4He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, w...Hebrews 5:12For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you a...1 Peter 5:5Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subje...1 Peter 2:2As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:Isaiah 2:12For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty...
1 Timothy 3:7
2 Corinthians 8:21Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the...Colossians 4:5Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.2 Timothy 2:26And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are take...1 Thessalonians 4:12That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lac...Acts 6:3Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of t...
1 Timothy 3:8
Philippians 1:1Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Je...Acts 6:3Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of t...Titus 2:3The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not fal...1 Timothy 5:23Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine of...1 Timothy 3:3Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a br...
1 Timothy 3:9
1 Timothy 1:19Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning fait...2 John 1:9Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God...1 Timothy 1:5Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good con...1 Timothy 3:16And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in t...
1 Timothy 3:10
1 Timothy 5:22Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thys...1 Timothy 3:13For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a goo...Titus 1:6If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accus...1 Corinthians 1:8Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of...1 Timothy 3:6Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of t...
1 Timothy 3:11
Titus 2:3The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not fal...Titus 3:2To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unt...1 Timothy 3:2A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of go...Proverbs 10:18He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool...2 Timothy 3:3Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, d...
1 Timothy 3:12
1 Timothy 3:2A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of go...1 Timothy 3:4One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all g...Philippians 1:1Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Je...1 Timothy 3:8Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, n...