1 Timothy 3:13 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
DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
For they that have ministered well, shall purchase to themselves a good degree, and much confidence in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
For those who have ministered well will acquire for themselves a good position, and much confidence in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
For those who have served well gain for themselves a good standing and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
For those who have served well gain for themselves a good standing and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
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.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
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.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
For those who have served well as deacons acquire for themselves a high standing and great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
For those who have served well as deacons acquire for themselves a high standing and great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
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.
LSV Literal Standard Version
for those who ministered well acquire a good step to themselves, and much boldness in faith that [is] in Christ Jesus.
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
for those who shall have ministered well obtain for themselves a good degree, and much boldness in faith which [is] in Christ Jesus.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
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.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
For they that haue ministred well, get them selues a good degree, and great libertie in the faith, which is in Christ Iesus.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
For those who have served well acquire for themselves a good standing and great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.
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)
For they that minister well get them selves good degre and greate libertie in the fayth which is in Christ Iesu.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
for those who did minister well a good step to themselves do acquire, and much boldness in faith that [is] in Christ Jesus.
FBV Free Bible Version
Those who serve well as deacons gain a good reputation and much confidence in their trust in Christ Jesus.
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
For those who have done good work as Deacons get for themselves a good position and become free from fear in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Porque los que hubieren exercitado bien su ministerio, se ganarán un buen grado, y mucha confianza en la fé, que es en Jesu-Christo.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Porque los que bien ministraren, ganan para sí buen grado, y mucha confianza en la fe que es en Cristo Jesús.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
porque los que ejercen bien el diaconado no sólo se ganan el respeto de los demás sino que desarrollan mayor confianza para hablar de su fe en Cristo Jesús.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Porque los que ministran bien se ganan una buena posición y mucha confianza en [la] fe en Cristo Jesús.
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)
Los que sirven bien como diáconos adquieren una buena reputación y ganan mucha credibilidad en cuanto a su fe en Cristo Jesús.
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)
Porque los que sirven bien como diáconos ganan para sí un lugar honroso y mucha confianza en la fe que es en Cristo Jesús.
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)
οἱ γὰρ καλῶς διακονήσαντες βαθμὸν ἑαυτοῖς καλὸν περιποιοῦνται καὶ πολλὴν παρρησίαν ἐν πίστει τῇ ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
οι γαρ καλως διακονησαντες βαθμον εαυτοις καλον περιποιουνται και πολλην παρρησιαν εν πιστει τη εν χριστω ιησου.
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)
Οἱ γὰρ καλῶς διακονήσαντες βαθμὸν ἑαυτοῖς καλὸν περιποιοῦνται, καὶ πολλὴν παρρησίαν ἐν πίστει τῇ ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
οι γαρ καλωσ διακονησαντεσ βαθμον εαυτοισ καλον περιποιουνται και πολλην παρρησιαν εν πιστει τη εν χριστω ιησου
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
οἱ γὰρ καλῶς διακονήσαντες βαθμὸν ἑαυτοῖς καλὸν περιποιοῦνται καὶ πολλὴν παρρησίαν ἐν πίστει τῇ ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
οἱ γὰρ καλῶς διακονήσαντες βαθμὸν ἑαυτοῖς καλὸν περιποιοῦνται καὶ πολλὴν παρρησίαν ἐν πίστει τῇ ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ.
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
Qui enim bene ministraverint, gradum bonum sibi acquirent, et multam fiduciam in fide, quæ est in Christo Jesu.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
и҆́бо слꙋжи́вшїи до́брѣ степе́нь себѣ̀ до́бръ сниска́ютъ и҆ мно́гое дерзнове́нїе въ вѣ́рѣ, ꙗ҆́же ѡ҆ хрⷭ҇тѣ̀ і҆и҃сѣ.
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)
Ибо хорошо служившие приготовляют себе высшую степень и великое дерзновение в вере во Христа Иисуса.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Διότι οι καλώς διακονήσαντες αποκτώσιν εις εαυτούς βαθμόν καλόν και πολλήν παρρησίαν εις την πίστιν την εις τον Ιησούν Χριστόν.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
Јер који добро служе они добијају себи добар поступ, и велику слободу у вери Исуса Христа.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Jer koji dobro služe oni dobijaju sebi dobar postup, i veliku slobodu u veri Isusa Hrista.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
لِأَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ تَشَمَّسُوا حَسَنًا، يَقْتَنُونَ لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ دَرَجَةً حَسَنَةً وَثِقَةً كَثِيرَةً فِي ٱلْإِيمَانِ ٱلَّذِي بِٱلْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC