1 Timothy · God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
1 Timothy 3 God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
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1 Fiel es la Palabra: Si alguno anhela oficio de supervisor, desea buena obra.
1 PALABRA fiel: Si alguno apetece obispado, buena obra desea.
1 This is a faithful saying: someone who seeks to be an overseer desires a good work.
2 Es necesario que el supervisor sea irreprochable, esposo de una sola esposa, sobrio, prudente, honorable, hospedador, apto para enseñar,
2 Conviene, pues, que el obispo sea irreprensible, marido de una mujer, solícito, templado, compuesto, hospedador, apto para enseñar;
2 The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;
3 no adicto al vino, ni pendenciero, sino amable, apacible, no avaro,
3 No amador del vino, no heridor, no codicioso de torpes ganancias, sino moderado, no litigioso, ajeno de avaricia;
3 not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;
4 que gobierne bien su propia familia, que tenga hijos en sujeción con toda dignidad,
4 Que gobierne bien su casa, que tenga sus hijos en sujeción con toda honestidad;
4 one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;
5 (pues si alguno no sabe dirigir a su propia familia, ¿cómo cuidará de la iglesia de Dios?),
5 (Porque el que no sabe gobernar su casa, ¿cómo cuidará de la iglesia de Dios?)
5 (for how could someone who doesn’t know how to rule his own house take care of God’s assembly?)
6 no un recién convertido, no sea que, después de envanecerse caiga en juicio del diablo.
6 No un neófito, porque inflándose no caiga en juicio del diablo.
6 not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.
7 Debe tener también buen testimonio de los de afuera, para que no caiga en reproche y trampa del diablo.
7 También conviene que tenga buen testimonio de los extraños, porque no caiga en afrenta y en lazo del diablo.
7 Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.
8 Asimismo, [los ]diáconos, sean serios, sin doblez de lengua, dignos de respeto, no de doble palabra, no adictos a mucho vino, no codiciosos de ganancia deshonesta,
8 Los diáconos asimismo, [deben ser] honestos, no bilingües, no dados á mucho vino, no amadores de torpes ganancias;
8 Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money,
9 que guarden el misterio de la fe con limpia conciencia.
9 Que tengan el misterio de la fe con limpia conciencia.
9 holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
10 Éstos también sean probados primero, y entonces, si son irreprochables, sirvan como diáconos.
10 Y éstos también sean antes probados; y así ministren, si fueren sin crimen.
10 Let them also first be tested; then let them serve if they are blameless.
11 De igual manera, [las ]mujeres, sean serias, no calumniadoras, sobrias, fieles en todo.
11 Las mujeres asimismo, honestas, no detractoras, templadas, fieles en todo.
11 Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, and faithful in all things.
12 [Los] diáconos, que sean esposos de una sola esposa, que se encarguen bien de [sus ]hijos y de sus propias casas.
12 Los diáconos sean maridos de una mujer, que gobiernen bien sus hijos y sus casas.
12 Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
13 Porque los que ministran bien se ganan una buena posición y mucha confianza en [la] fe en Cristo Jesús.
13 Porque los que bien ministraren, ganan para sí buen grado, y mucha confianza en la fe que es en Cristo Jesús.
13 For those who have served well gain for themselves a good standing and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
14 Esto te escribo con esperanza de visitarte en breve.
14 Esto te escribo con esperanza que iré presto á ti:
14 These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly,
15 Pero, si demoro, [te escribo ]para que sepas cómo debes conducirte en la familia de Dios, que es [la] iglesia del Dios viviente, columna y fundamento de la verdad.
15 Y si no fuere tan presto, para que sepas cómo te conviene conversar en la casa de Dios, que es la iglesia del Dios vivo, columna y apoyo de la verdad.
15 but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in God’s house, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
16◆ Por confesión unánime, grande es el misterio de la piedad: Él fue manifestado en [el ]cuerpo, Justificado en Espíritu, Visto por ángeles, Proclamado entre gentiles, Creído en [el] mundo, Recibido arriba en gloria.
16 Y sin contradicción, grande es el misterio de la piedad: Dios ha sido manifestado en carne; ha sido justificado con el Espíritu; ha sido visto de los ángeles; ha sido predicado á los Gentiles; ha sido creído en el mundo; ha sido recibido en gloria.
16 Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory.
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)