1 Timothy 3:1

Bishops' Bible (1568)

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

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  • 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.

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  • 1 Tim 3:2-15
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    84%

    2A bishop therfore must be blamelesse, the husband of one wyfe, watchyng, sober, comely apparelled, a louer of hospitalitie, apt to teache,

    3Not geuen to ouermuch wine, no striker, not greedy of fylthy lucre: but gentle, abhorryng fyghtyng, abhorryng couetousnesse:

    4One that ruleth well his owne house, hauyng chyldren in subiection, with all grauitie.

    5For yf a man knowe not to rule his owne house, howe shall he care for the Churche of God?

    6Not a young scoler, lest he, beyng puffed vp, fall into the condempnation of the deuyll.

    7He must also haue a good report of the which are without, lest he fall into the rebuke and snare of the deuyll.

    8Likewise must ye ministers be graue, not double tongued, not geuen to much wine, neither greedy of fylthy lucre:

    9Holdyng the misterie of the fayth in a pure conscience.

    10And let them first be proued, then let them minister, beyng blamelesse.

    11Euen so must their wyues be graue, not euyll speakers, sober, faythfull in all thynges.

    12Let the deacons be the husbandes of one wife, and such as can rule their children well, and their owne housholdes.

    13For they that haue ministred well, get them selues a good degree, and great libertie in the fayth whiche is in Christe Iesus.

    14These thynges write I vnto thee, hopyng to come shortly vnto thee:

    15But yf I tary long, that thou mayest knowe howe thou oughtest to behaue thy selfe in the house of God, whiche is the Church of the lyuyng God, the pyller and grounde of trueth.

  • Titus 1:5-8
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    5For this cause left I thee in Creta, that thou shouldest refourme ye thynges that are left, and ordayne elders in euerye citie, as I had appoynted thee:

    6If any be blamelesse, the husbande of one wyfe, hauyng faythfull chyldren, not accusable of riote, or vntractable.

    7For 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:

    8But a louer of hospitalitie, a louer of goodnes, sober, ryghteous, godly, temperate,

  • Titus 3:8
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    8This 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.

  • 1 Cor 4:1-2
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    1Let a man so esteeme of vs, as the ministers of Christe, and disposers of the secretes of God.

    2Furthermore, it is required of the disposers that a man be founde faythfull.

  • 1 Pet 5:1-3
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    1The elders which are among you, I exhort, whiche am also an elder, & a wytnesse of the afflictions of Christe, and also a partaker of the glory that shalbe opened:

    2Feede 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:

    3Not as though ye were Lordes ouer God his heritage: but that ye be an ensample to the flocke.

  • 1 Tim 5:16-17
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    16Yf any man or woman that beleueth haue wydowes, let them susteine them, & let not the Churches be charged, that there maye be sufficient for them that are wydowes in deede.

    17The elders that rule well are worthy of double honour, most speciallye they which labour in the worde & teachyng.

  • 1 Tim 2:3
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    3For that is good and accepted in the syght of God our sauiour,

  • 1 Tim 4:9
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    9This is a sure saying, & by all meanes worthy to be receaued.

  • Titus 3:1
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    1Warne them to be subiect to rule & power, to obey magistrates, to be redie to euery good worke:

  • Titus 2:7
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    7In all thynges shewyng thy selfe a paterne of good workes, in the doctrine, vncorruptnesse, grauitie, integritie,

  • 1 Tim 4:6
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    6Yf thou put the brethren in remembraunce of these thynges, thou shalt be a good minister of Iesus Christ, which hast ben norysshed vp in the wordes of fayth and of good doctrine, which thou hast continually folowed.

  • 2 Tim 3:17
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    17That the man of God may be perfect, instructed vnto all good workes.

  • 1 Tim 6:3
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    3Yf any man teache otherwyse, and consenteth not vnto the wholsome wordes of our Lorde Iesus Christe, and to the doctrine whiche is accordyng to godlynesse:

  • Titus 2:1-2
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    1But speake thou the thynges which become wholsome doctrine.

    2That the elder men be watchyng, graue, sober, sounde in fayth, in loue, in pacience:

  • 2 Tim 2:21
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    21If a man therfore pourge hym selfe from these, he shalbe a vessell vnto honour, and meete for ye vses of the Lorde, and prepared vnto euery good worke.

  • 2 Cor 6:3
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    3Let vs geue none occasion of euyll in any thyng, that the ministerie be not blamed:

  • 1 Cor 7:7-8
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    7For I woulde that all men were as I my selfe am: but euery man hath his proper gift of God, one after this maner, another after that.

    8I say therefore vnto them that be vnmaryed and wyddowes, it is good for them if they abyde euen as I.

  • 1 Tim 6:11
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    11But thou O man of God, flee these thynges, and folow after righteousnes, godlynes, faith, loue, pacience, mekenes.

  • 2 Tim 2:5
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    5And if a man also wrestle, yet is he not crowned except he wrestle lawfullie.

  • Titus 2:5
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    5(To be) discrete, chaste, house kepers, good, obedient vnto their owne husbandes, that the worde of God be not blasphemed.

  • 1 Tim 5:7
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    7And these thynges commaunde, that they may be blamelesse.

  • 1 Tim 5:10
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    10And well reported of in good workes, yf she haue brought vp chyldren, yf she haue lodged straungers, yf she haue wasshed the saintes feete, yf she haue ministred vnto them that were in aduersitie, yf she haue ben continually geuen to euery good worke.

  • 2 Tim 2:15
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    15Studie to shewe thy selfe approued vnto God, a workman not to be ashamed, rightlie deuidyng the worde of trueth.

  • Acts 6:3
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    3Wherfore brethren, loke ye out among you seuen men of honest report, & full of the holy ghost, and wysedome, to who we may commit this busynesse.

  • Titus 2:10
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    10Neither pickers, but shewing all good faythfulnesse, that they may adourne the doctrine of God our sauiour in all thynges.

  • 3 John 1:5
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    5Beloued, thou doest faythfully whatsoeuer thou doest to the brethren, and to straungers,

  • 1 Cor 7:26
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    26I suppose therfore that it is good for the present necessitie: for I say it is good for a man so to be.

  • 1 Tim 1:3
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    3As I besought thee to abyde styll in Ephesus, when I departed into Macedonia so do that thou comaunde some that they teache no other doctrine: