NET Bible
"Qualifications for Overseers and Deacons This saying is trustworthy:“If someone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a good work.”"
— 1 Timothy 3:1, NET Bible
“This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.”
“Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. ”
“This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer, he desires a good work.”
“A faithful saying: If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth good work.”
“This is a true saying, A man desiring the position of a Bishop has a desire for a good work.”
“This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.”
Qualifications for Overseers and Deacons This saying is trustworthy:“If someone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a good work.”
The overseer then must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, an able teacher,
not a drunkard, not violent, but gentle, not contentious, free from the love of money.
He must manage his own household well and keep his children in control without losing his dignity.