1 Timothy 3:1

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1 Timothy 3:1


← 1 Timothy 2:15 1 Timothy 3:1 (KJV) 1 Timothy 3:2 →
Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

This is a trueG4103 sayingG3056, If a manG1536 desireG3713 the office of a bishopG1984, he desirethG1937 a goodG2570 workG2041.


Original Greek

Πιστὸς ὁ λόγος· Εἴ τις ἐπισκοπῆς ὀρέγεται, καλοῦ ἔργου ἐπιθυμεῖ·

Greek Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
Πιστὸς
Pistos G4103 A-NSM This [is] a true
ὁ
ho G3588 T-NSM *
λόγος·
logos G3056 N-NSM saying
Εἴ
Ei G1487 COND If a man
τις
tis G5100 X-NSM
ἐπισκοπῆς
episkopēs G1984 N-GSF the office of a bishop
ὀρέγεται,
oregetai G3713 V-PMI-3S desire
καλοῦ
kalou G2570 A-GSN a good
ἔργου
ergou G2041 N-GSN work
ἐπιθυμεῖ·
epithumei G1937 V-PAI-3S he desireth
Strong's References
  • G1536 — εἴ τις (eí tis, i tis): from εἰ (ei) G1487 and τὶς (tìs) G5100; if any; he that, if a(-ny) man('s thing, from any, ought), whether any, whosoever
  • G1937 — ἐπιθυμέω (epithyméō, ep-ee-thoo-meh'-o): from ἐπί (epí) G1909 and θυμός (thymós) G2372; to set the heart upon, i.e. long for (rightfully or otherwise); covet, desire, would fain, lust (after)
  • G1984 — ἐπισκοπή (episkopḗ, ep-is-kop-ay'): from ἐπισκέπτομαι (episképtomai) G1980; inspection (for relief); by implication, superintendence; specially, the Christian "episcopate"; the office of a "bishop", bishoprick, visitation
  • G2041 — ἔργον (érgon, er'-gon): from a primary (but obsolete) ἔργω (érgō) (to work); toil (as an effort or occupation); by implication, an act; deed, doing, labour, work
  • G2570 — καλός (kalós, kal-os'): of uncertain affinity; properly, beautiful, but chiefly (figuratively) good (literally or morally), i.e. valuable or virtuous (for appearance or use, and thus distinguished from ἀγαθός (agathós) G18, which is properly intrinsic); X better, fair, good(-ly), honest, meet, well, worthy
  • G3056 — λόγος (lógos, log'-os): from λέγω (légō) G3004; something said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, (with the article in John) the Divine Expression (i.e. Christ); account, cause, communication, X concerning, doctrine, fame, X have to do, intent, matter, mouth, preaching, question, reason, + reckon, remove, say(-ing), shew, X speaker, speech, talk, thing, + none of these things move me, tidings, treatise, utterance, word, work
  • G3713 — ὀρέγομαι (orégomai, or-eg'-om-ahee): middle voice of apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary (compare ὄρος (óros) G3735); to stretch oneself, i.e. reach out after (long for); covet after, desire
  • G4103 — πιστός (pistós, pis-tos'): from πείθω (peíthō) G3982; objectively, trustworthy; subjectively, trustful; believe(-ing, -r), faithful(-ly), sure, true

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Greek (Textus Receptus, Scrivener 1894) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • G1487 — εἰ (ei, i): a primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.; forasmuch as, if, that, (al-)though, whether. Often used in connection or composition with other particles, especially as in εἴγε (eíge) G1489, εἰ δὲ μή(γε) (ei dè mḗ(ge)) G1490, εἰ καί (ei kaí) G1499, εἰ μή (ei mḗ) G1508, εἰ μή τι (ei mḗ ti) G1509, εἴ περ (eí per) G1512, εἴ πως (eí pōs) G1513, εἴ τις (eí tis) G1536, ἐκ (ek) G1537. See also ἐάν (eán) G1437.
  • G3588 — ὁ (ho, ho): the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom); the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc
  • G5100 — τὶς (tìs, tis): an enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object; a (kind of), any (man, thing, thing at all), certain (thing), divers, he (every) man, one (X thing), ought, + partly, some (man, -body, - thing, -what), (+ that no-)thing, what(-soever), X wherewith, whom(-soever), whose(-soever)
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