1 Вѣ́рно сло́во: а҆́ще кто̀ є҆пі́скопства хо́щетъ, добра̀ дѣ́ла жела́етъ. 2 Подоба́етъ ᲂу҆̀бо є҆пі́скопꙋ бы́ти непоро́чнꙋ, є҆ди́ныѧ жены̀ мꙋ́жꙋ, тре́звенꙋ, цѣломꙋ́дрꙋ, (благоговѣ́йнꙋ,) че́стнꙋ, страннолюби́вꙋ, ᲂу҆чи́тельнꙋ, 3 не пїѧ́ницѣ, не бі́йцѣ, не сварли́вꙋ, не мшелои́мцꙋ, но кро́ткꙋ, (не зави́стливꙋ,) не сребролю́бцꙋ, 4 сво́й до́мъ до́брѣ пра́вѧщꙋ, ча̑да и҆мꙋ́щꙋ въ послꙋша́нїи со всѧ́кою чистото́ю: 5 а҆́ще же кто̀ своегѡ̀ до́мꙋ не ᲂу҆мѣ́етъ пра́вити, ка́кѡ ѡ҆ цр҃кви бж҃їей прилѣжа́ти возмо́жетъ; 6 не новокреще́ннꙋ, да не разгордѣ́всѧ въ сꙋ́дъ впаде́тъ дїа́воль. 7 Подоба́етъ же є҆мꙋ̀ и҆ свидѣ́тельство добро̀ и҆мѣ́ти ѿ внѣ́шнихъ, да не въ поноше́нїе впаде́тъ и҆ въ сѣ́ть непрїѧ́зненꙋ. 8 Дїа́конѡмъ та́кожде чи̑стымъ, не двоѧзы̑чнымъ, не вїнꙋ̀ мно́гꙋ внима́ющымъ, не скверностѧжа́тєльнымъ, 9 и҆мꙋ́щымъ та́инство вѣ́ры въ чи́стѣй со́вѣсти. 10 И҆ сі́и ᲂу҆́бѡ да и҆скꙋша́ютсѧ пре́жде, пото́мъ же да слꙋ́жатъ, непоро́чни сꙋ́ще. 11 Жена́мъ та́кожде чи̑стымъ, не клевети̑вымъ, (не нава́дницамъ,) тре́звєннымъ, вѣ̑рнымъ во все́мъ. 12 Дїа́кони да быва́ютъ є҆ди́ныѧ жены̀ мꙋ́жїе, ча̑да до́брѣ пра́вѧще и҆ своѧ̑ до́мы: 13 и҆́бо слꙋжи́вшїи до́брѣ степе́нь себѣ̀ до́бръ сниска́ютъ и҆ мно́гое дерзнове́нїе въ вѣ́рѣ, ꙗ҆́же ѡ҆ хрⷭ҇тѣ̀ і҆и҃сѣ. 14 Сїѧ̑ пишꙋ̀ тебѣ̀, ᲂу҆пова́ѧ прїитѝ къ тебѣ̀ ско́рѡ: 15 а҆́ще же заме́длю, да ᲂу҆вѣ́си, ка́кѡ подоба́етъ въ домꙋ̀ бж҃їи жи́ти, ꙗ҆́же є҆́сть цр҃ковь бг҃а жи́ва, сто́лпъ и҆ ᲂу҆твержде́нїе и҆́стины. 16◆ И҆ и҆сповѣ́дꙋемѡ ве́лїѧ є҆́сть бл҃гоче́стїѧ та́йна: бг҃ъ ꙗ҆ви́сѧ во пл҃ти, ѡ҆правда́сѧ въ дс҃ѣ, показа́сѧ а҆́гг҃лѡмъ, проповѣ́данъ бы́сть во ꙗ҆зы́цѣхъ, вѣ́ровасѧ въ мі́рѣ, вознесе́сѧ во сла́вѣ.
1 Timothy · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
1 Timothy 3 Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
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Notes on this text (3)
- Church Slavonic in its traditional (Synodal) spelling, with accents, breathings and titlo abbreviations, shown in the Ponomar font (SIL Open Font License).
- Exodus 36–39 follow the Septuagint's order; the digital source has no verse divisions there, so Exodus 36:8–end and chapters 37, 38 and 39 each appear as one block.
- Not shown: the lectionary pericope numbers (зача́ло) and the marginal glosses of the digital source. The Prayer of Manasseh stands at the end of 2 Chronicles (36:24), as in the Slavonic Bible; the prologue of Sirach and the opening verse of Lamentations are joined to verse 1.
Cross references (16)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Titus 1:7; Acts 20:28; 1 Peter 5:2; 1 Peter 2:25; James 5:19–20
- 2 Titus 1:6–9; 2 Timothy 2:24; Romans 12:13; 1 Timothy 5:9; 1 Peter 4:9
- 3 Titus 1:7; Titus 3:2; Isaiah 28:7; 1 Timothy 3:8; Ephesians 5:18
- 4 Titus 1:6; Genesis 18:19; 1 Timothy 3:12; Titus 2:2; Joshua 24:15
- 5 1 Samuel 3:13; Ephesians 5:24; Acts 20:28; Ephesians 5:32; Ephesians 1:22
- 6 1 Timothy 6:4; Hebrews 5:12–13; 1 Peter 5:5; 1 Peter 2:2; 1 Corinthians 3:1
- 7 2 Corinthians 8:21; 2 Timothy 2:26; Colossians 4:5; 2 Corinthians 6:3; Acts 6:3
- 8 Philippians 1:1; Acts 6:3–6; Titus 2:3; 1 Timothy 5:23; 1 Timothy 3:3
- 9 1 Timothy 1:19; 2 John 9–10; 1 Timothy 1:5; 1 Timothy 3:16
- 10 1 Timothy 5:22; 1 Timothy 3:13; Titus 1:6–7; 1 Timothy 3:6; 1 Timothy 3:2
- 11 Titus 2:3; Titus 3:2; 1 Timothy 3:2; Proverbs 10:18; 2 Timothy 3:3
- 12 1 Timothy 3:2; 1 Timothy 3:4–5; Philippians 1:1; 1 Timothy 3:8
- 13 Matthew 25:21; Hebrews 6:10; Acts 6:15–7:53; 1 Peter 4:10–11; Romans 12:7–8
- 14 Philemon 22; 1 Corinthians 11:34; 2 John 12; 1 Thessalonians 2:18; 1 Timothy 4:13
- 15 1 Peter 2:5; Ephesians 2:21–22; 1 Chronicles 22:13; 1 Thessalonians 1:9; 1 Kings 2:4
- 16 John 1:14; Hebrews 1:3; Mark 16:19; Romans 16:25; 1 John 5:6–8
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
Why does my Bible say something different?
- 1 Timothy 3:16: “God was manifest” or “He who was manifested”?
The Byzantine text, followed by the Patriarchal Text and the KJV, reads “God was manifest in the flesh.” The oldest manuscripts read “who was manifested,” and the Latin reads “which was manifested.” In ancient Greek manuscripts the abbreviated word for “God” and the word “who” looked almost the same. Either way, the hymn speaks of Christ incarnate.
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
As now proceeding to discourse of the Episcopal office, he sets out with showing what sort of a person a Bishop ought to be. And here he does not do it as in the course of his exhortation to Timothy, but addresses all, and instructs others through him. And what says he?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 13 (1889)
For, since there are four zones of the world in which we live, and four principal winds, while the Church is scattered throughout all the world, and the "pillar and ground" of the Church is the Gospel and the spirit of life; it is fitting that she should have four pillars, breathing out immortality on every side, and vivifying men …
It is to this the apostle refers when he says, "He that desireth the episcopate desireth a good work." He wished to show that the episcopate is the title of a work, not of an honor.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
… which make havoc of the whole world, had their entering in from pride:--for both the devil, not being such before, did thus become a devil; as indeed Paul plainly declared, saying, "Lest being lifted up with pride, he fall into the condemnation of the devil:" --and the first man, too, puffed up by the devil with these hopes, was made …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Concerning this Holy Catholic Church Paul writes to Timothy, 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 context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)