F I R S T T I M O T H Y.
CHAP. III.
In this chapter our apostle treats of church-officers. He specifies, I. The qualifications of a person to be admitted to the office of a bishop, 1 Timothy 3:1-7. II. The qualifications of deacons (1 Timothy 3:8-10), and of their wives (1 Timothy 3:11), again of the deacons, 1 Timothy 3:12; 1 Timothy 3:13. III. The reasons of his writing to Timothy, whereupon he speaks of the church and the foundation-truth professed therein, 1 Timothy 3:14-16.