1 Timotius 3:1
KonteksQualifications for Overseers and Deacons
3:1 This saying 1 is trustworthy: “If someone aspires to the office of overseer, 2 he desires a good work.”
1 Timotius 3:12
Konteks3:12 Deacons must be husbands of one wife 3 and good managers of their children and their own households.
1 Timotius 5:7
Konteks5:7 Reinforce 4 these commands, 5 so that they will be beyond reproach.
[3:1] 1 tn Grk “the saying,” referring to the following citation (see 1 Tim 1:15; 4:9; 2 Tim 2:11; Titus 3:8 for other occurrences of this phrase).
[3:1] 2 tn Grk “aspires to oversight.”
[3:12] 3 tn Or “men married only once,” “devoted solely to their wives” (see the note on “wife” in 1 Tim 3:2; also 1 Tim 5:9; Titus 1:6).
[5:7] 4 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.