1 Timothy 3:1

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

This is a true sayinge. Yf a ma covet ye office of a bysshope he desyreth a good worke.

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  • Acts 20:28 : 28 Take hede therfore vnto youre selves and to all the flocke wherof the holy goost hath made you oversears to rule the congregacion of God which he hath purchased with his bloud.
  • 1 Tim 1:15 : 15 This is a true sayinge and by all meanes worthy to be receaved that Christ Iesus came into the world to save synners of whom I am chefe.
  • 1 Pet 5:2 : 2 se that ye fede Christes flocke which is amonge you takynge the oversyght of them not as though ye were compelled therto but willyngly: not for the desyre of filthy lucre but of a good mynde.
  • 1 Pet 2:25 : 25 For ye were as shepe goinge astraye: but are now returned vnto ye shepheerd and bisshoppe of youre soules.
  • Phil 1:1 : 1 ¶ Paul and Timotheus the servauntes of Iesu Christ To all ye sainctes in Christ Iesu which are at Philippos with ye Bisshops and Deacons.
  • Titus 1:7 : 7 For a bisshoppe must be fautelesse as it be commeth the minister of God: not stubborne not angrye no dronkarde no fyghter not geven to filthy lucre:
  • Jas 5:19-20 : 19 Brethren yf eny of you erre from the trueth and an other convert hi 20 let the same knowe that he which converted the synner fro goynge a straye out of his waye shall save a soule fro deeth and shall hyde ye multitude of synnes.
  • Acts 1:20 : 20 It is written in the boke of Psalmes: His habitacio be voyde and no man be dwellinge therin: and his bisshoprycke let another take.
  • Luke 15:10 : 10 Lykwyse I saye vnto you ioye is made in ye presence of ye angels of god over one synner yt repenteth.
  • Rom 11:13 : 13 I speake to you gentyls in as moche as I am the Apostle of ye gentyls I will magnify myn office
  • Eph 4:12 : 12 yt the sainctes might have all thinges necessarie to worke and minister with all to the edifyinge of the body of christ
  • 1 Tim 3:2-7 : 2 Ye and a bisshope must be fautlesse the husband of one wyfe sober discrete honestly aparelled harberous apt to teache 3 not dronke no fighter not geve to filthy lucre: but gentle abhorrynge fightynge abhorrynge coveteousnes 4 and one that rueleth his awne housse honestly havynge chyldren vnder obedience with all honeste. 5 For yf a man cannot rule his owne housse how shall he care for the congregacion of God. 6 He maye not be a yonge skoler lest he swell and faule into the iudgement of the evyll 7 speaker. He must also be well reported of amonge them which are with out forth lest he fall into rebuke and snare of the evyll speaker.
  • 1 Tim 4:9 : 9 This is a sure sayinge and of all parties worthy to be receaved.
  • 2 Tim 2:11 : 11 It is a true sayinge if we be deed wt him we also shall live with him.
  • 1 Pet 4:15 : 15 Se that none of you suffre as a murtherer or as a thefe or an evyll doar or as a busybody in other mens matters.
  • Titus 3:8 : 8 This is a true sayinge. Of these thinges I wolde thou shuldest certifie that they which beleve God myght be diligent to go forwarde in good workes. These thinges are good and proffitable vnto me.
  • Heb 12:15 : 15 And looke to that no man be destitue of the grace of God and that no rote of bitternes springe vp and trouble and therby many be defiled:
  • 1 Thess 5:14 : 14 We desyre you brethre warne them that are vnruly comforte the feble mynded forbeare the weake have continuall pacience towarde all men.

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    2Ye and a bisshope must be fautlesse the husband of one wyfe sober discrete honestly aparelled harberous apt to teache

    3not dronke no fighter not geve to filthy lucre: but gentle abhorrynge fightynge abhorrynge coveteousnes

    4and one that rueleth his awne housse honestly havynge chyldren vnder obedience with all honeste.

    5For yf a man cannot rule his owne housse how shall he care for the congregacion of God.

    6He maye not be a yonge skoler lest he swell and faule into the iudgement of the evyll

    7speaker. He must also be well reported of amonge them which are with out forth lest he fall into rebuke and snare of the evyll speaker.

    8Lykwyse must the deacons be honest not double tonged not geve vnto moche drynkinge nether vnto filthy lucre:

    9but havynge the mistery of the fayth in pure consciece.

    10And let them fyrst be proved and then let them minister yf they be founde fautlesse.

    11Even so must their wynes be honest not evyll speakers: but sober and faythfull in all thinges.

    12Let the deacons be the husbandes of one wyfe and suche as rule their chyldren well and their awne housholdes.

    13For they that minister well get them selves good degre and greate libertie in the fayth which is in Christ Iesu.

    14These thinges write I vnto the trustinge to come shortly vnto the:

    15but and yf I tarie longe yt then thou mayst yet have knowledge how thou oughtest to behave thy silfe in the housse of God which is the congregacion of the livinge God the pillar and grounde of trueth.

  • Titus 1:5-8
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    5For this cause left I ye in Creta that thou shuldest performe that which was lackynge and shuldest ordeyne elders in every citie as I apoynted the.

    6Yf eny be fautelesse the husbande of one wyfe havynge faythfull childre which are not selandred of royote nether are disobediet.

    7For a bisshoppe must be fautelesse as it be commeth the minister of God: not stubborne not angrye no dronkarde no fyghter not geven to filthy lucre:

    8but herberous one that loveth goodnes sobre mynded righteous holy tempera

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    8This is a true sayinge. Of these thinges I wolde thou shuldest certifie that they which beleve God myght be diligent to go forwarde in good workes. These thinges are good and proffitable vnto me.

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    1Let men this wyse esteme vs eve as the ministers of Christ and disposers of ye secretes of God.

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    1The elders which are amonge you I exhorte which am also an elder and a witnes of the affliccions of Christ and also a partaker of the glory that shalbe opened:

    2se that ye fede Christes flocke which is amonge you takynge the oversyght of them not as though ye were compelled therto but willyngly: not for the desyre of filthy lucre but of a good mynde.

    3not as though ye were LORdes over the parisshes: but that ye be a insample to the flocke.

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    16And yf eny man or woman that beleveth have widdowes let the minister vnto them and let not the congregacion be charged: that yt maye have sufficient for them that are widdowes in dede.

    17The elders yt rule wel are worthy of double honoure most specially they which laboure in ye worde and in teachinge.

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    3For that is good and accepted in the sight of god oure savioure

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    6Yf thou shalt put the brethren in remembraunce of these thynges thou shalt be a good minister of Iesu Christ which hast bene norisshed vp in the wordes of the fayth and good doctryne which doctryne thou hast continually followed.

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    17yt ye man of god maye be perfect and prepared vnto all good workes.

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    1But speake thou that which becometh wholsome learninge.

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    21But Yf a man purdge him silfe from suche felowes he shalbe a vessell sanctified vnto honoure mete for the LORde and prepared vnto all good workes.

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    7For I wolde that all men were as I my selfe am: but every man hath his proper gyfte of God one after this maner another after that.

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    7And these thynges commaunde that they maye be without faut

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  • 2 Tim 2:15
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    15Study to shewe thy silfe laudable vnto god a workman yt nedeth not to be a shamed dividynge the worde of trueth iustly.

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