This saying ¹  is trustworthy: “If someone aspires to the office of overseer, ²  he desires a good work.”

biblegateway 1Ti 3:1

It is a trustworthy statement: if any man aspires to the office of overseer, it is a fine work he desires to do.

This saying is trustworthy: "If anyone aspires to be an overseer, he desires a noble work."

The saying [is] trustworthy: if anyone aspires to supervision, he desires a good work.

biblegateway 1Ti 3:1

Here is a trustworthy saying: If anyone sets his heart on being an overseer, he desires a noble task.

The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task.

bibleoremus 1Ti 3:1

The saying is sure: whoever aspires to the office of bishop desires a noble task.

Here is a saying you may trust: “To aspire to leadership is an honourable ambition.”

biblegateway 1Ti 3:1

This is a faithful saying: If a man desires the position of a bishop, he desires a good work.

This [is] a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.

biblegateway 1Ti 3:1

This saying ¹  is trustworthy: “If someone aspires to the office of overseer, ²  he desires a good work.”

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 tn Grk “aspires to oversight.”