1 A faithful saying: if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. 2 It behoveth therefore a bishop to be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, prudent, of good behaviour, chaste, given to hospitality, a teacher, 3 Not given to wine, no striker, but modest, not quarrelsome, not covetous, but 4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all chastity. 5 But if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God? 6 Not a neophyte: lest being puffed up with pride, he fall into the judgment of the devil. 7 Moreover he must have a good testimony of them who are without: lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. 8 Deacons in like manner chaste, not double tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre: 9 Holding the mystery of faith in a pure conscience. 10 And let these also first be proved: and so let them minister, having no crime. 11 The women in like manner chaste, not slanderers, but sober, faithful in all things. 12 Let deacons be the husbands of one wife: who rule well their children, and their own houses. 13 For they that have ministered well, shall purchase to themselves a good degree, and much confidence in the faith which is in Christ Jesus. 14 These things I write to thee, hoping that I shall come to thee shortly. 15 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. 16◆ And evidently great is the mystery of godliness, which was manifested in the flesh, was justified in the spirit, appeared unto angels, hath been preached unto the Gentiles, is believed in the world, is taken up in glory.
1 Timoteo · Douay-Rheims (revisión Challoner), edición estadounidense de 1899
1 Timoteo 3 Douay-Rheims (revisión Challoner), edición estadounidense de 1899
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Referencias cruzadas (16)
Pasajes relacionados con cada versículo, del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, tal como los reúnen y ordenan los lectores de OpenBible.info.
- 1 Tito 1:7; Hechos 20:28; 1 Pedro 5:2; 1 Pedro 2:25; Santiago 5:19–20
- 2 Tito 1:6–9; 2 Timoteo 2:24; Romanos 12:13; 1 Timoteo 5:9; 1 Pedro 4:9
- 3 Tito 1:7; Tito 3:2; Isaías 28:7; 1 Timoteo 3:8; Efesios 5:18
- 4 Tito 1:6; Génesis 18:19; 1 Timoteo 3:12; Tito 2:2; Josué 24:15
- 5 1 Samuel 3:13; Efesios 5:24; Hechos 20:28; Efesios 5:32; Efesios 1:22
- 6 1 Timoteo 6:4; Hebreos 5:12–13; 1 Pedro 5:5; 1 Pedro 2:2; 1 Corintios 3:1
- 7 2 Corintios 8:21; 2 Timoteo 2:26; Colosenses 4:5; 2 Corintios 6:3; Hechos 6:3
- 8 Filipenses 1:1; Hechos 6:3–6; Tito 2:3; 1 Timoteo 5:23; 1 Timoteo 3:3
- 9 1 Timoteo 1:19; 2 Juan 9–10; 1 Timoteo 1:5; 1 Timoteo 3:16
- 10 1 Timoteo 5:22; 1 Timoteo 3:13; Tito 1:6–7; 1 Timoteo 3:6; 1 Timoteo 3:2
- 11 Tito 2:3; Tito 3:2; 1 Timoteo 3:2; Proverbios 10:18; 2 Timoteo 3:3
- 12 1 Timoteo 3:2; 1 Timoteo 3:4–5; Filipenses 1:1; 1 Timoteo 3:8
- 13 Mateo 25:21; Hebreos 6:10; Hechos 6:15–7:53; 1 Pedro 4:10–11; Romanos 12:7–8
- 14 Filemón 22; 1 Corintios 11:34; 2 Juan 12; 1 Tesalonicenses 2:18; 1 Timoteo 4:13
- 15 1 Pedro 2:5; Efesios 2:21–22; 1 Crónicas 22:13; 1 Tesalonicenses 1:9; 1 Reyes 2:4
- 16 Juan 1:14; Hebreos 1:3; Marcos 16:19; Romanos 16:25; 1 Juan 5:6–8
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¿Por qué mi Biblia dice algo distinto?
- 1 Timoteo 3:16: ¿«Dios fue manifestado» o «Él, que fue manifestado»?
El texto bizantino, seguido por el Texto Patriarcal y la Reina-Valera, dice «Dios ha sido manifestado en carne». Los manuscritos más antiguos dicen «el cual fue manifestado», y el latín dice «lo cual fue manifestado». En los antiguos manuscritos griegos, la abreviatura de «Dios» y la palabra «el cual» se veían casi iguales. En cualquier caso, el himno habla de Cristo encarnado.
Lo que dijeron los Padres
Pasajes de los Padres de la Iglesia que comentan o citan este capítulo, tal como aparecen en la edición de Schaff (traducciones inglesas del siglo XIX, de dominio público). Los textos están en inglés.
Cómo se eligieron
«Comentario» es el comienzo de una homilía o exposición sobre este capítulo (homilías de san Juan Crisóstomo; tratados, sermones y comentarios a los Salmos de san Agustín). «Cita» es una frase en la que las notas de la propia edición identifican la cita de un versículo de este capítulo; solo se conserva si el texto coincide con el versículo. Solo se usan obras de autoría segura. Los Salmos siguen la numeración hebrea (Agustín usa la de los Setenta: su Salmo 50 es aquí el 51).
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?
Leer en contexto · 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.
Leer en contexto · 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 …
Leer en contexto · 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.
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)