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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 3:1-16

If before we have seen personal conduct that is to be consistent with assembly character, this chapter, while dealing with personal character still, connects it directly with the order of the assembly. The work of the overseer, or elder, is a good work. It is not actually an "office" one is to desire here, but the work. The bishop is simply the overseer, one who cares for the state of the assembly, and watches over its spiritual interests and conditions. Acts 20:1-38 shows these men as "the... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 3:1-16

CONCERNING PUBLIC PRAYER Chapter 2 is taken up with regulations concerning public prayer. First, he directs that intercessory prayer he made for all men (1 Timothy 2:1-7 ). What class of men is especially singled out (1 Timothy 2:2 )? What selfish motive on the part of the church should induce such intercessory prayer? And yet what higher motive is suggested (1 Timothy 2:4 )? What does this verse suggest as to the object of such intercession so far as those in authority are concerned? On... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - 1 Timothy 3:1-16

God Revealed 1Ti 3:16 This simplifies the whole mystery of the Godhead, as far as simplification is possible. We know now what to do: when we want to know what God is, what God does, what God thinks, what God wishes, how God governs the world, we have to look at Jesus Christ. This gives a new value to the biography of the Son of God. He is not only an historical character, he is a revelation; he was God manifest, made clear, visible, simple, intelligible. "He that hath seen me hath seen the... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 1 Timothy 3:1-15

(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... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 3:2

A bishop (the same name then comprehended priest) to be blameless, as to life and conversation, adorned, (says St. John Chrysostom) with all virtues. See also St. Jerome in his letter to Oceanus. --- The [1] husband of one wife. It does not signify, that to be a bishop or priest he must be a married man; nor that he must be a man who has but one wife at a time; but that he must be a man who has never been married but once, or to one wife: because to be married more than once, was looked upon... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 3:1-7

1-7 If a man desired the pastoral office, and from love to Christ, and the souls of men, was ready to deny himself, and undergo hardships by devoting himself to that service, he sought to be employed in a good work, and his desire should be approved, provided he was qualified for the office. A minister must give as little occasion for blame as can be, lest he bring reproach upon his office. He must be sober, temperate, moderate in all his actions, and in the use of all creature-comforts.... read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - 1 Timothy 3:1-99

1Tim 3 THE THIRD CHAPTER is a continuation of the same general theme as occupied us in our reading of the second chapter; viz., the behaviour that becomes believers as being in the house of God. That this is the general subject is plainly stated in verse 1Ti_3:15 of our chapter. Now God is a God of order and hence in the Christian assembly where He dwells all things are to be done “decently and in order” ( 1Co_14:40 ). For the furtherance of this the two offices of Bishop and Deacon had been... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - 1 Timothy 3:1-7

The Office of a Bishop, or Pastor. v. 1. This is a true saying, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. v. 2. A bishop, then, must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach; v. 3. not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre, but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; v. 4. one that rules well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; v. 5. (for if a man... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - 1 Timothy 3:1-7

VIIThe proper temper of the overseers of the community, of the deacons, and of their wivesA.—Dignity and nature of the office of the overseer1 Timothy 3:1-71This is a true1 saying [Faithful is the saying], If a man desire [aspire unto] the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. 2A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant,2 sober, of good behaviour [decorous = ornatum], given to hospitality, apt to teach; [,] 3Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - 1 Timothy 3:1-7

Fitness for Christian Leadership 1 Timothy 3:1-7 One of Timothy’s most urgent duties was to take care that those who held office in the churches were beyond reproach. The tone of a Christian community is largely that of its leaders. As the margin suggests, the bishop of the early Church was an overseer or presbyter. See Acts 20:28 , r.v. God’s minister must not only be irreproachable as far as the outside world is concerned, but exemplary in his domestic relations. Such was the facility of... read more