1 Timothy 3:1 Cross References - Worrell

¹ Faithful is the saying, "If anyone desires the office of bishop, he covets a noble work."

¹⁰ So, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repents."

²⁰ For it has been written in a book of Psalms, 'Let his habitation become desolate, and let no one dwell in it.' And, 'His charge, let another take.'

²⁸ Take heed to yourselves, and to all the flock in which the Holy Spirit appointed you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of God, which He purchased with His own blood.

¹³ But I am speaking to you gentiles. Inasmuch, indeed, then, as I am an apostle of the gentiles, I glorify my ministry;

¹² with a view to the perfecting of the saints for the work of ministry, for the building up of the body of Christ;

¹ Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:

¹⁴ And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be long-suffering toward all.

¹⁵ Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief;

² It is needful, therefore, that the bishop be irreproachable, a husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, hospitable, apt to teach, ³ not given to wine, not a striker, but gentle, not contentious, not a lover of money, ⁴ presiding well over his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity ⁵ (but, if one knows not how to preside over his own house, how will he take care of an assembly of God?); ⁶ not a novice; lest, being puffed up, he fall into condemnation of the Devil. ⁷ And it is needful also that he have an honorable testimony from those without, lest he fall into reproach and a snare of the Devil.

⁹ Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptance.

¹¹ Faithful is the saying; for, if we died with Him, we shall also live with Him;

⁷ For the bishop must be blameless, as God's steward; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, not a striker, not greedy of base gain;

⁸ Faithful is the saying, and concerning these things I will that you affirm confidently, that those who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men.

¹⁵ looking carefully, lest there be any one falling short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness, springing up, trouble you, and through it many be defiled;

¹⁹ My brethren, if anyone among you be led astray from the truth, and one convert him; ²⁰ let him know that he who converted a sinner from the error of his way, will save a soul from death, and cover a multitude of sins.

²⁵ For, as sheep, ye were going astray; but now ye returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

¹⁵ For let no one of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evildoer, or as a meddler in other men's matters;

² feed the flock of God which is among you, overseeing it, not by constraint, but willingly; nor yet for base gain, but of a ready mind;