--- title: "1 Timothy 3 - Study King James Bible with trapps complete commentary" description: "Read 1 Timothy 3 with trapps complete commentary commentary. 1 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, vigi" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/trapps-complete-commentary/1-timothy/3" --- [ Read](/kjv/1-timothy/3)[ Commentary](/study/1-timothy/3)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/1-timothy/3) Audio 1 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 to hospitality, apt to teach; 3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; 4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; 5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) 6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. 7 Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. 8 Likewise *must* the deacons *be* grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; 9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. 10 And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being *found* blameless. 11 Even so *must their* wives *be* grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. 12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. 13 For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus. 14 These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly: 15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. 16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory. [1 Timothy 2](/study/1-timothy/2) [1 Timothy 4](/study/1-timothy/4) ## Commentary To verse 1 1 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 only as are gifted and fitted for such a service. **He desireth a good work** ] But a hard work. The ministry is not an idle man’s occupation, but a sore labour; *Onus ipsis etiam angelis tremendum,* saith Chrysostom, a burden too heavy for an angel’s shoulders; a pains nothing short of that of a travailing woman, saith Melancthon after Paul, [Galatians 4:19](/kjv/galatians/4/19) . There were those who read this text thus, *Quicunque desiderat episcopatum bonum, opes desiderat.* But this was a foul mistake at best. That is a good observation of Estius, that the former word, ορεγεται , rendered desire, importeth a more earnest desire (such as is that after meat when one is hungry) than the other following, επιθυμει . "He desireth a good work," *quod eadem res nomine Episcopatus desideretur ardentius, quam nomine operis et officii,* because the same thing by the name of episcopacy is more ardently desired than by the name of work and duty. That hypocrisy of the Canonists is very ridiculous, not admitting any to personal government in the Church, unless he either seem to refuse it, or unwillingly to undertake it, though he had never so much laboured it. The Bishop of Metis answered cunningly, when being demanded whether he desired a bishopric, he replied, *Nolens volo, et volens nolo,* I do, and I do not. One reporteth of a priest that used to have a net spread upon his table where he dined, that he might mind St Peter, that fisher of men. 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