1 Timothy 3:1

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

2 An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

3 not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money.

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Sammenlign

ÅB
Det er et troverdig ord: Om noen attrår et tilsyns-embede, da har han lyst til en god gjerning.
OTB
Dette ordet er troverdig: om noen trakter etter tilsynsvervet, så ønsker han en edel gjerning.
B1930
Det er et troverdig ord: Om nogen attrår et tilsyns-embede, da har han lyst til en god gjerning.
BSB
This is a trustworthy saying: If anyone aspires to be an overseer, he desires a noble task.
KJV
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
WEB
This is a faithful saying: someone who seeks to be an overseer desires a good work.
ASV
Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
DARBY
The word [is] faithful: if any one aspires to exercise oversight, he desires a good work.
BLB
Trustworthy [is] the word: If anyone aspires to overseership, he is desirous of a good work.

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Kryssreferanser

  • Titus 1:7

    As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-absorbed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money.

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  • Acts 20:28

    Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.

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  • 1 Peter 5:2

    Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but because it is God’s will; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;

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  • 1 Peter 2:25

    For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

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  • James 5:19–20

    My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back,

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  • 1 Timothy 1:15

    This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst.

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  • Philippians 1:1

    Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons:

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  • Luke 15:10

    In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”

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