3:1. ഒരുവൻ അദ്ധ്യക്ഷസ്ഥാനം കാംക്ഷിക്കുന്നു എങ്കിൽ നല്ലവേല ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നു എന്നുള്ളതു വിശ്വാസയോഗ്യം ആകുന്നു.

3:1. This saying is trustworthy: "If someone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a good work."

3:1. This is a trustworthy saying: "If someone aspires to be an elder, he desires an honorable position."

3:1. Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.

3:1. The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task.

3:1. This [is] a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.

3:1. The saying is sure: If any one aspires to the office of bishop, he desires a noble task.

3:1. Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.

3:1. Stedfast [is] the word: If any one the oversight doth long for, a right work he desireth;

3:1. It is a true statement that anyone whose goal is to serve as an elder has his heart set on a good work.

3:1. This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer, he desires a good work.

3:1. This [is] a true G4103 saying, G3056 If a man G1536 desire G3713 the office of a bishop, G1984 he desireth G1937 a good G2570 work. G2041