Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
1 Timothy 3:1-16
Concerning the Officers of the Church
1-7. The fourth charge to Timothy, in respect to presbyters.
Concerning the Officers of the Church
1-7. The fourth charge to Timothy, in respect to presbyters.
1 TIMOTHY 3:1 pisto,j {A} The origin of the variant reading avnqrw,pinoj o` lo,goj (“it is a human saying,” i.e. “a common [or popular] saying”), supported by several Western witnesses (D* itd, 86 Am...
CHAPTER III. _Concerning bishops, their qualifications and work_, 1-7. _Of deacons, and how they should be proved_, 8-10. _Of their wives and children, and how they should be governed_, 11-13. _H...
THIS IS A TRITE SAYING - Greek, “Faithful is the word” - the very phrase which is used in 1 Timothy 1:15; see the notes on that verse. The idea here is, that it was worthy of credence; it was not to b...
III. CONCERNING THE HOUSE OF GOD CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The overseer (1 Timothy 3:1)_ 2. The deacon (1 Timothy 3:8) 3. The house of God and the mystery of Godliness (1 Timothy 3:14)...
(_b_) III. 1 TIMOTHY 3:1. Church Officials. 1 Timothy 3:1. The Bishops. Not only public worship, but also the appointment of officials, must be regulated. He who exercises oversight a good work, as i...
There is a saying which everyone must believe--if a man aspires to the office of overseer in the Church, it is a fine work on which his heart is set. An overseer must be a man against whom no criticis...
THE LEADERS OF THE CHURCH (1 Timothy 3:1-7)...
TRUE. faithful. App-150. See 1 Timothy 1:16. SAYING. App-121. IF. MAN. lf (App-118. a) ANY ONE (App-123.) DESIRE. Greek. _oregomai_, Here, 1 Timothy 6:10; Hebrews 11:16
This is _a true saying_ Better, IT IS A FAITHFUL SAYING; R.V., as in 1 Timothy 1:15, literally -Faithful is the saying"; most probably to be referred, as there and in the other three passages, to the...
The duties and characters of Bishops or Presbyters Following the directions concerning the general arrangements for public worship come instructions as to the character and qualifications of the appo...
II. QUALIFICATIONS OF THE OFFICIALS OF THE CHURCH 1–7. i. BISHOPS Having spoken of the conduct of public worship, the Apostle proceeds to expound the qualifications requisite for those who hold offic...
For πιστός D2* has ἀνθρώπινος, following its Latin version _humanus_, which is also read by m; g has _humanus vel fidelis_. see on 1 Timothy 1:15. 1. ΠΙΣΤῸΣ Ὁ ΛΌΓΟΣ. This formula (see on 1 Timothy 1:1...
ΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΉ (G1984) епископство (NIDNTT; TDNT; ABD, 2:768-69; ZPEB, 1:617-20; DPL, 131-37; BBC), ΟΡΈΓΕΤΑΙ _praes. ind. med. от_ ΌΡΈΓΩ (G3713) тянуться, стремиться, желать. В НЗ используется только в фор...
III. CHURCH OFFICERS 3:1-16 A. Office of the Overseer (1 Timothy 3:1-7) 1. THE ELDER. 1 Timothy 3:1-7 _TEXT 3:1-7_ 1 Faithful is the saying, if a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a...
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. 'Faithful is the saying.' A needful preface; for the office of a bishop in Paul's day, being attended with ha...
3 Translators have experienced much difficulty with this opening sentence, because it seemed to lack the principal verb. The A V adds _ so do_, the Revisers _ so do I now_. It is very seldom that any...
5 This passage is primarily intended to break down the bounds in which salvation had hitherto been confined. The testimony of past eras is no basis on which to build in this era. The testimony to the...
HOW TO BE A LEADER IN THE CHURCH 1 TIMOTHY _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 3 WHAT AN *ELDER MUST BE LIKE (3:1-7) V1 Anyone who aims to be a leader in the church desires a good task. That is true. V2 But...
III. (1) THIS IS A TRUE SAYING. — There is no reason why the rendering of this formula adopted in 1 Timothy 1:15, “faithful is this saying,” should be altered here. The “faithful saying” here refers t...
CHAPTER 10 ORIGIN OF THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY; VARIOUS CERTAINTIES AND PROBABILITIES DISTINGUISHED. - 1 Timothy 3:1 THIS passage is one of the most important in the New Testament respecting the Christi...
_to 1 Timothy 3:1_ _a_. The ministers of public prayer must be the men of the congregation, not the women. A woman's positive duty is to make herself conspicuous by good works, not by personal display...
The qualifications of the men who are to be ministers; and first (_a_) of the episcopus (vv.1-7) secondly (_b_) of the deacons (1 Timothy 3:8-13) with a parenthetical instruction respecting women chur...
πιστὸς ὁ λόγος : This refers to the exegesis of Genesis which has preceded. (So Chrys.). We may compare Barnabas, § 9, where, after an allegorical explanation of Abraham's 318 servants, the writer exc...
FITNESS FOR CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP 1 Timothy 3:1 One of Timothy's most urgent duties was to take care that those who held office in the churches were beyond reproach. The tone of a Christian community...
Turning to the government of the Church, the apostle deals with two orders, bishops and deacons. The bishop is an overseer, whose duty it is to watch over the flock. The apostle describes the qualific...
QUALIFICATIONS OF BISHOPS Paul turned from leadership in worship to leadership in the church. Men are not to be drafted into this work against their will but must desire this work. Spain says the word...
This (1) [is] a true saying, (2) If a man (a) desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. (1) Having completed the treatise of doctrine and of the manner of handling of it, as well also of...
_He desireth a good work. No doubt but the work, or office, and charge of a bishop is good; but the motive of desiring to be a bishop not always good. However, in those days, the desire could scarce b...
CONTENTS The Apostle here enters upon the Subject of the Ministry. He shows how the Office should be sacredly observed: with their Connections. The Chapter closeth most blessedly, concerning the grea...
(1) В¶ This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. (2) A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given t...
1 Timothy 1:1-20. We enter now on the confidential communications of the apostle to some of his fellow-labourers, and tonight on the epistles to Timothy. The two have much in common, but they have als...
_THE EPISCOPAL OFFICE_ ‘The office of a bishop.’ 1 Timothy 3:1 There are, and have been from the earliest times, three Orders in the ministry. St. Paul in this chapter describes the qualifications...
1_It is a true saying _Chrysostom thinks, that this is the conclusion of the preceding doctrine. But I do not approve of the opinion; for Paul commonly makes use of this form of expression as a prelud...
The apostle next points out to Timothy the qualities necessary for a bishop or a deacon, as well as for the wife of the latter. [4] He supposes here that there were some who desired to undertake this...
THIS IS A TRUE SAYING,.... Some think this clause belongs to the last verse of the preceding chapter; and then the sense is, this is a doctrine that is true, and to be believed, that there is salvatio...
This _is_ a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. Ver. 1. _If a man desire_] As no woman, so neither may every man desire the office of a minister, but such on...
Because some false teachers were now spreading their erroneous doctrines with assiduity among the believers at Ephesus, and it was necessary that Timothy (to whom the care of the church there was comm...
This is a true saying, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work....
THE OFFICE OF A BISHOP, OR PASTOR....
If before we have seen personal conduct that is to be consistent with assembly character, this chapter, while dealing with personal character still, connects it directly with the order of the assembly...
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. 1. Desire - How important is it for a man to desire to serve as an elder? Should men be appointed even if they...
From regulations concerning public worship Paul naturally moves to. consideration of the qualifications of those who oversee the local congregation. The purpose of this section is to give the local co...
1-7 If a man desired the pastoral office, and from love to Christ, and the souls of men, was ready to deny himself, and undergo hardships by devoting himself to that service, he sought to be employed...
OLBGrk; 1 TIMOTHY CHAPTER 3 1 TIMOTHY 3:1 The office of a bishop is to be esteemed a good work. 1 TIMOTHY 3:2 The qualifications requisite in a bishop, 1 TIMOTHY 3:8 and in deacons....
Tertullian A Treatise on the Soul To ourselves even does the apostle allow the concupiscible quality. "If any man," says he, "desireth the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work."[112] Tertulli...
1 Timothy 3:1 faithful G4103 saying G3056 man G1536 desires G3713 (G5731) bishop G1984 desires G1937 (G5719) good...
1 Timothy 3:1. A TRUE SAYING. Better as before, ‘faithful,' so as to keep the identity of phrase before the English reader. THE OFFICE OF A BISHOP, or overseer, was not likely, at the time when St. P...
FAITHFUL IS THE SAYING (πιστος ο λογος). Here the phrase points to the preceding words (not like 1 Timothy 1:15) and should close the preceding paragraph.IF A MAN SEEKETH (ε τις ορεγετα). Conditio...
CONTENTS: Qualifications of elders and deacons. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Satan. CONCLUSION: Those having places of authority in the church must be blameless, not lying under any scandal, watchful ag...
1 Timothy 3:1. _This is a true saying,_ an indubitable word, _if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work,_ a laudable sphere of labour and usefulness. But by the idea of a primiti...
A CHURCH LEADER. Here for the first time the qualifications and work of church leaders and church helpers are examined. Without a doubt, the first Christians took the synagogue as a model or pattern f...
_The office of a bishop._ THE OFFICE OF A BISHOP A GOOD WORK If a man desire the office of a bishop from right principles, he desireth. not a secular dignity--not a good benefice--not a post of hon...
1 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 1 TIMOTHY 3:1 In listing the qualifications for the overseer of a church, Paul emphasizes character rather than specific duties. The list describes a person of mature Christian chara...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 Timothy 3:1. THIS IS A TRUE SAYING.—See note on 1 Timothy 1:15. IF ANY MAN DESIRE THE OFFICE OF A BISHOP.—It is generally admitted that to the latest New Testament t...
EXPOSITION 1 TIMOTHY 3:1 _Faithful is the saying _for _this is a true saying_,_ _A.V.; _seeketh _for _desire_,_ _A.V. FAITHFUL IS THE SAYING (see above, 1 Timothy 1:15, note). This manifestly refers...
CHAPTER III The apostle here continues his special instructions to Timothy, but directs them to another topic, and one of still greater moment to the right order and government of the church; namely,...
Tonight we will be studying First Timothy three and four. It is interesting as Paul writes to Timothy on several occasions, he uses phrases that are interesting to me. He said, This is a faithful sayi...
1 Peter 2:25; 1 Peter 4:15; 1 Peter 5:2; 1 Thessalonians 5:14;...
This is a true saying [π ι σ τ ο ς ο λ ο γ ο ς]. Better, faithful is the saying. See on ch. 1 Timothy 1:15. Desire [ο ρ ε γ ε τ α ι]. Better, seeketh. Only here, ch. 6 10, and Hebrews 11:16. Originall...
He desireth a good work — An excellent, but laborious, employment....
Observe here, 1. Our apostle acquaints Timothy with the dignity, honour, and excellency of the sacred function: HE THAT DESIRETH THE OFFICE OF. BISHOP, that is, to rule and teach in the church of God,...