Apologetics Bible

1Timothy 3:1

Greek

Πιστὸς ὁ λόγος· εἴ τις ἐπισκοπῆς ὀρέγεται, καλοῦ ἔργου ἐπιθυμεῖ.

Pistos o logos· ei tis episkopes oregetai, kaloy ergoy epithymei.

KJV: This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.

AKJV: This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desires a good work.

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

YLT: Stedfast is the word: If any one the oversight doth long for, a right work he desireth;

Exposition: 1Timothy 3:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Timothy 3:2

Greek

δεῖ οὖν τὸν ἐπίσκοπον ἀνεπίλημπτον εἶναι, μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἄνδρα, νηφάλιον, σώφρονα, κόσμιον, φιλόξενον, διδακτικόν,

dei oyn ton episkopon anepilempton einai, mias gynaikos andra, nephalion, sophrona, kosmion, philoxenon, didaktikon,

KJV: A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

AKJV: A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

ASV: The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

YLT: it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,

Exposition: 1Timothy 3:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Timothy 3:3

Greek

μὴ πάροινον, μὴ ⸀πλήκτην, ἀλλὰ ἐπιεικῆ, ἄμαχον, ἀφιλάργυρον,

me paroinon, me plekten, alla epieike, amachon, aphilargyron,

KJV: Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;

AKJV: Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;

ASV: no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;

YLT: not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre, but gentle, not contentious, not a lover of money,

Exposition: 1Timothy 3:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Timothy 3:4

Greek

τοῦ ἰδίου οἴκου καλῶς προϊστάμενον, τέκνα ἔχοντα ἐν ὑποταγῇ μετὰ πάσης σεμνότητος·

toy idioy oikoy kalos proistamenon, tekna echonta en ypotage meta pases semnotetos·

KJV: One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

AKJV: One that rules well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

ASV: one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

YLT: his own house leading well, having children in subjection with all gravity,

Exposition: 1Timothy 3:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Timothy 3:5

Greek

(εἰ δέ τις τοῦ ἰδίου οἴκου προστῆναι οὐκ οἶδεν, πῶς ἐκκλησίας θεοῦ ἐπιμελήσεται;)

(ei de tis toy idioy oikoy prostenai oyk oiden, pos ekklesias theoy epimelesetai;)

KJV: (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

AKJV: (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

ASV: (but if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

YLT: (and if any one his own house how to lead hath not known, how an assembly of God shall he take care of?)

Exposition: 1Timothy 3:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Timothy 3:6

Greek

μὴ νεόφυτον, ἵνα μὴ τυφωθεὶς εἰς κρίμα ἐμπέσῃ τοῦ διαβόλου.

me neophyton, ina me typhotheis eis krima empese toy diaboloy.

KJV: Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

AKJV: Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

ASV: not a novice, lest being puffed up he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

YLT: not a new convert, lest having been puffed up he may fall to a judgment of the devil;

Exposition: 1Timothy 3:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Timothy 3:7

Greek

δεῖ ⸀δὲ καὶ μαρτυρίαν καλὴν ἔχειν ἀπὸ τῶν ἔξωθεν, ἵνα μὴ εἰς ὀνειδισμὸν ἐμπέσῃ καὶ παγίδα τοῦ διαβόλου.

dei de kai martyrian kalen echein apo ton exothen, ina me eis oneidismon empese kai pagida toy diaboloy.

KJV: Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

AKJV: Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

ASV: Moreover he must have good testimony from them that are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

YLT: and it behoveth him also to have a good testimony from those without, that he may not fall into reproach and a snare of the devil.

Exposition: 1Timothy 3:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Timothy 3:8

Greek

Διακόνους ὡσαύτως σεμνούς, μὴ διλόγους, μὴ οἴνῳ πολλῷ προσέχοντας, μὴ αἰσχροκερδεῖς,

Diakonoys osaytos semnoys, me dilogoys, me oino pollo prosechontas, me aischrokerdeis,

KJV: Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

AKJV: Likewise must the deacons be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

ASV: Deacons in like manner must be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

YLT: Ministrants--in like manner grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not given to filthy lucre,

Exposition: 1Timothy 3:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Timothy 3:9

Greek

ἔχοντας τὸ μυστήριον τῆς πίστεως ἐν καθαρᾷ συνειδήσει.

echontas to mysterion tes pisteos en kathara syneidesei.

KJV: Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

AKJV: Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

ASV: holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

YLT: having the secret of the faith in a pure conscience,

Exposition: 1Timothy 3:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Timothy 3:10

Greek

καὶ οὗτοι δὲ δοκιμαζέσθωσαν πρῶτον, εἶτα διακονείτωσαν ἀνέγκλητοι ὄντες.

kai oytoi de dokimazesthosan proton, eita diakoneitosan anegkletoi ontes.

KJV: And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.

AKJV: And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.

ASV: And let these also first be proved; then let them serve as deacons, if they be blameless.

YLT: and let these also first be proved, then let them minister, being unblameable.

Exposition: 1Timothy 3:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Timothy 3:11

Greek

γυναῖκας ὡσαύτως σεμνάς, μὴ διαβόλους, νηφαλίους, πιστὰς ἐν πᾶσιν.

gynaikas osaytos semnas, me diaboloys, nephalioys, pistas en pasin.

KJV: Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

AKJV: Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

ASV: Women in like manner must be grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

YLT: Women--in like manner grave, not false accusers, vigilant, faithful in all things.

Exposition: 1Timothy 3:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Timothy 3:12

Greek

διάκονοι ἔστωσαν μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἄνδρες, τέκνων καλῶς προϊστάμενοι καὶ τῶν ἰδίων οἴκων·

diakonoi estosan mias gynaikos andres, teknon kalos proistamenoi kai ton idion oikon·

KJV: Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

AKJV: Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

ASV: Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

YLT: Ministrants--let them be of one wife husbands; the children leading well, and their own houses,

Exposition: 1Timothy 3:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Timothy 3:13

Greek

οἱ γὰρ καλῶς διακονήσαντες βαθμὸν ἑαυτοῖς καλὸν περιποιοῦνται καὶ πολλὴν παρρησίαν ἐν πίστει τῇ ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ.

oi gar kalos diakonesantes bathmon eaytois kalon peripoioyntai kai pollen parresian en pistei te en Christo Iesoy.

KJV: For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

AKJV: For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

ASV: For they that have served well as deacons gain to themselves a good standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

YLT: for those who did minister well a good step to themselves do acquire, and much boldness in faith that is in Christ Jesus.

Exposition: 1Timothy 3:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Timothy 3:14

Greek

Ταῦτά σοι γράφω, ἐλπίζων ἐλθεῖν πρὸς σὲ ⸂ἐν τάχει⸃,

Tayta soi grapho, elpizon elthein pros se en tachei,

KJV: These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:

AKJV: These things write I to you, hoping to come to you shortly:

ASV: These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly;

YLT: These things I write to thee, hoping to come unto thee soon,

Exposition: 1Timothy 3:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Timothy 3:15

Greek

ἐὰν δὲ βραδύνω, ἵνα εἰδῇς πῶς δεῖ ἐν οἴκῳ θεοῦ ἀναστρέφεσθαι, ἥτις ἐστὶν ἐκκλησία θεοῦ ζῶντος, στῦλος καὶ ἑδραίωμα τῆς ἀληθείας·

ean de bradyno, ina eides pos dei en oiko theoy anastrephesthai, etis estin ekklesia theoy zontos, stylos kai edraioma tes aletheias·

KJV: But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

AKJV: But if I tarry long, that you may know how you ought to behave yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

ASV: but if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

YLT: and if I delay, that thou mayest know how it behoveth thee to conduct thyself in the house of God, which is an assembly of the living God--a pillar and foundation of the truth,

Exposition: 1Timothy 3:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Timothy 3:16

Greek

καὶ ὁμολογουμένως μέγα ἐστὶν τὸ τῆς εὐσεβείας μυστήριον· ⸀Ὃς ἐφανερώθη ἐν σαρκί, ἐδικαιώθη ἐν πνεύματι, ὤφθη ἀγγέλοις, ἐκηρύχθη ἐν ἔθνεσιν, ἐπιστεύθη ἐν κόσμῳ, ἀνελήμφθη ἐν δόξῃ.

kai omologoymenos mega estin to tes eysebeias mysterion· Os ephanerothe en sarki, edikaiothe en pneymati, ophthe aggelois, ekerychthe en ethnesin, episteythe en kosmo, anelemphthe en doxe.

KJV: And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

AKJV: And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached to the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

ASV: And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness; He who was manifested in the flesh,

YLT: and, confessedly, great is the secret of piety--God was manifested in flesh, declared righteous in spirit, seen by messengers, preached among nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory!

Exposition: 1Timothy 3:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.