1 Timothy 3 (NET)

1 Timothy 3:1¹This saying is trustworthy: “If someone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a good work.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Titus 1:7Acts 20:281 Pet 5:21 Pet 2:251 Tim 1:15Jas 5:19-201 Tim 3:2-71 Tim 4:92 Tim 2:11Heb 12:15

1 Timothy 3:2²The overseer then must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, an able teacher,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Tim 2:24Titus 1:6-9Rom 12:131 Tim 5:91 Pet 4:91 Tim 3:10-111 Pet 5:8Heb 13:2Phil 2:15Titus 2:2

1 Timothy 3:3³not a drunkard, not violent, but gentle, not contentious, free from the love of money.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Titus 1:7Eph 5:18Titus 3:21 Tim 3:8Isa 28:7Jas 4:11 Pet 5:2Heb 13:5Lev 10:9Luke 12:42-46

1 Timothy 3:4⁴He must manage his own household well and keep his children in control without losing his dignity.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Titus 1:61 Tim 3:12Gen 18:19Titus 2:2Acts 10:2Josh 24:15Ps 101:2-8Titus 2:7Phil 4:8

1 Timothy 3:5⁵But if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for the church of God?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 3:13Eph 5:24Acts 20:28Eph 5:321 Tim 3:15Eph 1:22

1 Timothy 3:6⁶He must not be a recent convert or he may become arrogant and fall into the punishment that the devil will exact.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Tim 6:4Heb 5:12-131 Pet 2:21 Pet 5:51 Cor 3:11 Cor 4:6-81 Cor 8:12 Cor 12:7Isa 14:12-14Isa 2:12

1 Timothy 3:7⁷And he must be well thought of by those outside the faith, so that he may not fall into disgrace and be caught by the devil’s trap.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 8:212 Tim 2:26Col 4:51 Cor 10:321 Thess 4:121 Tim 6:92 Cor 6:3Acts 6:3Titus 2:81 Thess 5:22

1 Timothy 3:8⁸Deacons likewise must be dignified, not two-faced, not given to excessive drinking, not greedy for gain,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Phil 1:11 Tim 3:31 Tim 5:23Acts 6:3-6Titus 2:3Lev 10:91 Tim 3:12Ezek 44:21Jas 3:10Ps 12:2

1 Timothy 3:9⁹holding to the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Tim 1:192 John 1:9-101 Tim 1:51 Tim 3:16

1 Timothy 3:10¹⁰And these also must be tested first and then let them serve as deacons if they are found blameless.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Tim 5:221 Tim 3:13Titus 1:6-71 Cor 1:81 Tim 3:21 Tim 3:6Acts 6:1-21 John 4:1Col 1:22

1 Timothy 3:11¹¹Likewise also their wives must be dignified, not slanderous, temperate, faithful in every respect.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Titus 2:3Titus 3:21 Tim 3:21 Pet 5:82 Tim 3:3Prov 10:181 Thess 5:6-81 Tim 1:121 Tim 6:22 Tim 4:5

1 Timothy 3:12¹²Deacons must be husbands of one wife and good managers of their children and their own households.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Tim 3:21 Tim 3:4-51 Tim 3:8Phil 1:1

1 Timothy 3:13¹³For those who have served well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and great boldness in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 25:21Heb 6:101 Cor 16:151 Pet 4:10-111 Thess 2:22 Tim 2:1Acts 21:35Acts 6:15-7:53Acts 6:5Acts 6:8

1 Timothy 3:14¹⁴I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these instructions to youCopy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 11:34Phlm 1:221 Thess 2:181 Tim 4:132 Cor 1:15-172 John 1:123 John 1:14Heb 13:231 Cor 16:5-7

1 Timothy 3:15¹⁵in case I am delayed, to let you know how people ought to conduct themselves in the household of God, because it is the church of the living God, the support and bulwark of the truth.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 2:5Eph 2:21-221 Chr 22:131 Kgs 2:41 Thess 1:9Matt 16:18-191 Chr 28:9-211 Sam 17:26Gal 2:9John 14:6

1 Timothy 3:16¹⁶And we all agree, our religion contains amazing revelation: He was revealed in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among Gentiles, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 1:14Heb 1:3Mark 16:19Rom 16:251 John 5:6-81 John 1:2Col 1:23Luke 24:4Phil 2:6-8Col 1:27