1 Timothy 3:1

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This is a trite saying - Greek, “Faithful is the word” - the very phrase which is used in 1 Timothy 1:15 ; see the notes on that verse. The idea...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

This (1) [is] a true saying, (2) If a man (a) desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. (1) Having completed the treatise of doctrine...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

( b ) III. 1 Timothy 3:1-13 . Church Officials. 1 Timothy 3:1-7 . The Bishops. Not only public worship, but also the appointment of officials,...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

true . faithful. App-150. See 1 Timothy 1:16 . saying. App-121. If. man . lf (App-118. a) any one (App-123.) desire . Greek. oregomai ,...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 It is a true saying Chrysostom thinks, that this is the conclusion of the preceding doctrine. But I do not approve of the opinion; for Pau...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. This is a true saying - Πιστος ὁ λογος· This is a true doc...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. 'Faithful is the saying.' A needful preface; for the o...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Desireth a good work ] i.e. a noble occupation.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Concerning the Officers of the Church 1-7. The fourth charge to Timothy, in respect to presbyters.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

III. (1) This is a true saying. — There is no reason why the rendering of this formula adopted in 1 Timothy 1:15 , “faithful is this saying,” s...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 10 ORIGIN OF THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY; VARIOUS CERTAINTIES AND PROBABILITIES DISTINGUISHED. - 1 Timothy 3:1-10 THIS passage is one of the...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Fitness for Christian Leadership 1 Timothy 3:1-7 One of Timothy's most urgent duties was to take care that those who held office in the churche...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Turning to the government of the Church, the apostle deals with two orders, bishops and deacons. The bishop is an overseer, whose duty it is to watch...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS The Apostle here enters upon the Subject of the Ministry. He shows how the Office should be sacredly observed: with their Connections. The...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) В¶ This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. (2) A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of on...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE EPISCOPAL OFFICE ‘The office of a bishop.’ 1 Timothy 3:1 There are, and have been from the earliest times, three Orders in the ministry....
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

This is a true saying ,.... Some think this clause belongs to the last verse of the preceding chapter; and then the sense is, this is a doctrine tha...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. Ver. 1. If a man desire ] As no woman, so neither may e...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Because some false teachers were now spreading their erroneous doctrines with assiduity among the believers at Ephesus, and it was necessary that Tim...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

If before we have seen personal conduct that is to be consistent with assembly character, this chapter, while dealing with personal character still,...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Duties of Bishops and Deacons. A. D. 64. 1 T...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

OLBGrk; 1 TIMOTHY CHAPTER 3 1 Timothy 3:1 The office of a bishop is to be esteemed a good work. 1 Timothy 3:2-7 The qualifications requisite...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES 1 Timothy 3:1 . This is a true saying. —See note on 1 Timothy 1:15 . If any man desire the office of a bishop....
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Timothy 3:1 . This is a true saying, an indubitable word, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work, a laudable sphere o...
The Biblical Illustrator

The office of a bishop. The office of a bishop a good work If a man desire the office of a bishop from right principles, he desireth. not a se...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 1 Timothy 3:1 Faithful is the saying for this is a true saying , A.V.; seeketh for desire , A.V. Faithful is the sayi...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

This is a true saying, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Office of a Bishop, or Pastor.
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

He desireth a good work — An excellent, but laborious, employment.

¹ This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.

Related Commentaries of 1 Timothy 3:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 Timothy 3:1