1 Timothy 3:1 in every translation
Leer en españolThe same verse in each translation we publish, grouped by language and by the tradition that made it. Numbering is matched for each text (for example, Psalms in the Septuagint).
English
Catholic
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
This is a faithful saying: someone who seeks to be an overseer desires a good work.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
This is a faithful saying: someone who seeks to be an overseer desires a good work.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
This [is] a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
This is a trustworthy saying: If anyone aspires to be an overseer, he desires a noble task.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
This is a trustworthy saying: If anyone aspires to be an overseer, he desires a noble task.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
LSV Literal Standard Version
The word [is] steadfast: If anyone longs for overseership, he desires a right work;
Read in context · Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/englsv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Darby Darby Translation
The word [is] faithful: if any one aspires to exercise oversight, he desires a good work.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
This [is] a true saying, If a man desireth the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
This is a true saying, If any man desire the office of a Bishop, he desireth a worthie worke.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
This saying is trustworthy: If someone desires to be an overseer, he desires a good work.
Read in context · Unlocked Literal Bible. Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engULB/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tyndale Tyndale New Testament (1534)
This is a true sayinge. Yf a man covet the office of a bysshope he desyreth a good worke.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
Stedfast [is] the word: If any one the oversight doth long for, a right work he desireth;
FBV Free Bible Version
This is a trustworthy statement: “If someone aspires to be an elder, this is a good work to want to do.”
Read in context · Free Bible Version. Copyright © 2018 Dr. Jonathan Gallagher. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engfbv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
This is a true saying, A man desiring the position of a Bishop has a desire for a good work.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Fiel palabra: Si alguno desea Obispado, buena obra desea.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
PALABRA fiel: Si alguno apetece obispado, buena obra desea.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Se ha dicho que si alguien desea ser obispo tiene una aspiración noble. Es cierto.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Fiel es la Palabra: Si alguno anhela oficio de supervisor, desea buena obra.
Read in context · Palabra de Dios para ti © 2020 Asociación Bíblica Latinoamericana. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spapddpt/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
Esta es una declaración fiel: “Si alguno aspira a ser un anciano, es un buen trabajo el que quiere hacer”.
Read in context · Versión Biblia Libre. Copyright © 2018-2020 Jonathan Gallagher y Shelly Barrios de Avila. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spavbl/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Fiel es esta palabra: si alguno desea ser supervisor, desea una buena obra.
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Orthodox
PT1904 Patriarchal Text 1904 (accented, eBible edition)
Πιστὸς ὁ λόγος· εἴ τις ἐπισκοπῆς ὀρέγεται, καλοῦ ἔργου ἐπιθυμεῖ.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
πιστος ο λογος· ει τις επισκοπης ορεγεται, καλου εργου επιθυμει.
Read in context · Patriarchal Text, Antoniades 1904/1912 edition, verified by Maurice A. Robinson and Jussi Ala-Konni (https://github.com/byztxt/greektext-antoniades). Public domain.
Individual translator
TR Textus Receptus (Boyd collation)
Πιστὸς ὁ λόγος· εἴ τις ἐπισκοπῆς ὀρέγεται, καλοῦ ἔργου ἐπιθυμεῖ.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
πιστοσ ο λογοσ ει τισ επισκοπησ ορεγεται καλου εργου επιθυμει
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
Πιστὸς ὁ λόγος· εἴ τις ἐπισκοπῆς ὀρέγεται, καλοῦ ἔργου ἐπιθυμεῖ.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
Πιστὸς ὁ λόγος· εἴ τις ἐπισκοπῆς ὀρέγεται, καλοῦ ἔργου ἐπιθυμεῖ.
Read in context · The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition. Copyright 2010 by the Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/grcsbl/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
Fidelis sermo: si quis episcopatum desiderat, bonum opus desiderat.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Вѣ́рно сло́во: а҆́ще кто̀ є҆пі́скопства хо́щетъ, добра̀ дѣ́ла жела́етъ.
Read in context · Church Slavonic text: Ponomar Project (github.com/typiconman/ponomar), © 2006–2018 Aleksandr Andreev and others, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Changes for this site (2026-10-18): lectionary pericope markers, marginal glosses and the closing note of Genesis removed, Psalm verses renumbered to the Russian Synodal numbering, joined verses noted; the words are unchanged.
Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
Верно слово: если кто епископства желает, доброго дела желает.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Πιστός ο λόγος· Εάν τις ορέγηται επισκοπήν, καλόν έργον επιθυμεί.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
Истинита је реч: ако ко владичанство жели добру ствар жели.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Istinita je reč: ako ko vladičanstvo želi dobru stvar želi.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
صَادِقَةٌ هِيَ ٱلْكَلِمَةُ: إِنِ ٱبْتَغَى أَحَدٌ ٱلْأُسْقُفِيَّةَ، فَيَشْتَهِي عَمَلًا صَالِحًا.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC