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1 Timothy 3:1
New English Translation

Qualifications for Overseers and Deacons

3 This saying[a] is trustworthy: “If someone aspires to the office of overseer,[b] he desires a good work.”

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  1. 1 Timothy 3:1 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).
  2. 1 Timothy 3:1 tn Grk “aspires to oversight.”
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