Verse 1

This is a faithful saying: Yf a man desire ye office of a bishop, he desireth a good worke.

Referenced Verses

  • Acts 20:28 : 28 Take heede therfore vnto your selues, and to all the flocke, ouer the which the holy ghost hath made you ouerseers, to rule the Church of God, which he hath purchased with his owne blood.
  • 1 Tim 1:15 : 15 This is a faythfull saying, and by all meanes worthy to be receaued, that Christe Iesus came into the worlde to saue synners, of whom I am chiefe.
  • 1 Pet 5:2 : 2 Feede you God his flocke, whiche is committed vnto you, takyng the ouersight of them not as compelled therto, but wyllyngly, not for the desyre of fylthy lucre, but of a good mynde:
  • Phil 1:1 : 1 Paul & Timotheus the seruauntes of Iesus Christ: To all the saintes in Christ Iesus, whiche are at Philippos, with the bisshops & deacons:
  • Titus 1:7 : 7 For a bishop must be blamelesse, as the stewarde of God: not stubborne, not angry, not geuen to wyne, no striker, not geuen to filthie lucre:
  • 1 Pet 2:25 : 25 For ye were as sheepe goyng astray: but are nowe turned vnto the sheephearde and Byshop of your soules.
  • Acts 1:20 : 20 For it is written in ye booke of psalmes: Let his habitation be desert, and no man be dwellyng therein: And his bishopricke let another take.
  • Jas 5:19-20 : 19 Brethren, yf any of you do erre from the trueth, and another conuert hym, 20 Let the same knowe, that he which conuerteth the sinner from going astray out of his way, shall saue a soule from death, and shall hyde the multitude of sinnes.
  • 1 Pet 4:15 : 15 See that none of you be punished as a murtherer, or as a thiefe, or an euyll doer, or as a busie body in other mens matters.
  • Titus 3:8 : 8 This is a faythfull saying: And of these thynges I wyll that thou confirme, that they which haue beleued in God, myght be carefull to shewe foorth good workes. These thynges are good and profitable vnto men.
  • Heb 12:15 : 15 Takyng heede that no man fall away from the grace of God, lest any roote of bitternesse spryngyng vp, trouble you, and therby many be defyled.
  • 1 Thess 5:14 : 14 We exhort you brethren, warne them that are vnruly, comfort the feeble mynded, lyft vp the weake, be pacient towarde all men.
  • 1 Tim 3:2-7 : 2 A bishop therfore must be blamelesse, the husband of one wyfe, watchyng, sober, comely apparelled, a louer of hospitalitie, apt to teache, 3 Not geuen to ouermuch wine, no striker, not greedy of fylthy lucre: but gentle, abhorryng fyghtyng, abhorryng couetousnesse: 4 One that ruleth well his owne house, hauyng chyldren in subiection, with all grauitie. 5 For yf a man knowe not to rule his owne house, howe shall he care for the Churche of God? 6 Not a young scoler, lest he, beyng puffed vp, fall into the condempnation of the deuyll. 7 He must also haue a good report of the which are without, lest he fall into the rebuke and snare of the deuyll.
  • 1 Tim 4:9 : 9 This is a sure saying, & by all meanes worthy to be receaued.
  • 2 Tim 2:11 : 11 It is a faythfull saying: for yf we be dead with hym, we shall also lyue with hym:
  • Rom 11:13 : 13 For I speake to you gentiles, in as much as I am the Apostle of the gentiles, I magnifie myne office.
  • Eph 4:12 : 12 To the gatheryng together of the saintes, into the worke of ministration, into the edifiyng of the body of Christe:
  • Prov 11:30 : 30 The fruite of the ryghteous is a tree of life: and he that winneth mens soules is wise.
  • Luke 15:10 : 10 Lykewyse I say vnto you, shall there be ioy in the presence of the Angels of God, ouer one sinner that repenteth.