1 Timothy 3
New King James Version
Qualifications of Overseers
3 This is a faithful saying: If a man desires the position of a [a]bishop, he desires a good work. 2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach; 3 not [b]given to wine, not violent, [c]not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not [d]covetous; 4 one who rules his own house well, having his children in submission with all reverence 5 (for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?); 6 not a [e]novice, lest being puffed up with pride he fall into the same condemnation as the devil. 7 Moreover he must have a good testimony among those who are outside, lest he fall into reproach and the (A)snare of the devil.
Qualifications of Deacons
8 Likewise deacons must be reverent, not double-tongued, (B)not given to much wine, not greedy for money, 9 holding the [f]mystery of the faith with a pure conscience. 10 But let these also first be tested; then let them serve as deacons, being found blameless. 11 Likewise, their wives must be reverent, not [g]slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things. 12 Let deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. 13 For those who have served well as deacons (C)obtain for themselves a good standing and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
The Great Mystery
14 These things I write to you, though I hope to come to you shortly; 15 but if I am delayed, I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and [h]ground of the truth. 16 And without controversy great is the [i]mystery of godliness:
(D)God[j] was manifested in the flesh,
(E)Justified in the Spirit,
(F)Seen by angels,
(G)Preached among the Gentiles,
(H)Believed on in the world,
(I)Received up in glory.
Footnotes
- 1 Timothy 3:1 Lit. overseer
- 1 Timothy 3:3 addicted
- 1 Timothy 3:3 NU omits not greedy for money
- 1 Timothy 3:3 loving money
- 1 Timothy 3:6 new convert
- 1 Timothy 3:9 hidden truth
- 1 Timothy 3:11 malicious gossips
- 1 Timothy 3:15 foundation, mainstay
- 1 Timothy 3:16 hidden truth
- 1 Timothy 3:16 NU Who
1 Timoteo 3
Biblia del Jubileo
3 ¶ La palabra es fiel: Si alguno desea obispado (oficio de pastor o anciano en la Iglesia), ministerio difícil desea.
2 Conviene, pues, que el obispo sea irreprensible, marido de una sola mujer, vigilante, templado, de afectos mundanos mortificados, hospedador, apto para enseñar;
3 no dado al vino, no heridor, no codicioso de ganancias deshonestas, sino moderado, no litigioso, ajeno de avaricia;
4 que gobierne bien su casa, que tenga sus hijos en sujeción con toda integridad
5 (porque el que no sabe gobernar su casa, ¿cómo cuidará de la Iglesia de Dios?);
6 no un neófito, para que inflándose no caiga en juicio del diablo.
7 También conviene que tenga buen testimonio de los de afuera, para que no caiga en vergüenza y en lazo del diablo.
8 ¶ Los diáconos asimismo, honestos, no de dos lenguas, no dados a mucho vino, no amadores de ganancias deshonestas;
9 que tengan el misterio de la fe juntamente con limpia conciencia.
10 Y éstos también sean antes probados; y así ministren, si fueren irreprensibles.
11 Las mujeres asimismo honestas, no detractoras; templadas, fieles en todo.
12 Los diáconos sean maridos de una sola mujer, que gobiernen bien sus hijos y sus casas.
13 Porque los que bien ministraren, ganan para sí buen grado, y mucha confianza en la fe que es en Cristo Jesús.
14 ¶ Esto te escribo con la esperanza que iré presto a ti;
15 y si no fuere tan presto, para que sepas cómo conviene conversar en la Casa de Dios, que es la Iglesia del Dios viviente, columna y base de la verdad.
16 Y sin falta, grande es el misterio de la piedad: Dios se ha manifestado en carne; ha sido justificado con el Espíritu; ha sido visto de los Angeles; ha sido predicado a los gentiles; ha sido creído en el mundo; ha sido recibido en gloria.
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