 | Alexander Keith - Bible - 1832 - 392 pages
...or that is worshipped, &c. After the apostle had declared, (1 Tim. iii. 1,) This is a true saying, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work; a bishop must be blameless, the husband of one wife, &c.; — he looks forward prophetically to the... | |
 | Alexander Keith - 1832 - 384 pages
...called d, or that is worshipped, &c. After the apostle declared, (1 Tim. iii. 1,) This is a true saying, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work ; a bishop must be blameless, the husband of one wife, &c. ; — he looks forward prophetically to... | |
 | William Burkitt - 1832 - 908 pages
...ordain for public administration in the church of Gyd. Thus he speaks, ver. I. 'TPHIS is a true saying, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work ; Observe here, 1. Our apostle acquaints Timothy with the dignity, honour, and excellency, of the sacred... | |
 | William Cogswell - Millennium (Eschatology) - 1833 - 192 pages
...liberty to neglect this duty, for God has imposed it upon them, (/) 1 Tim. iii. 1. This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. — Jer. iii. 15. And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge... | |
 | L. S. E., Michael Augustus Gathercole - Congregationalism - 1834 - 434 pages
...to the people, mind) respecting the qualifications of a Bishop, or Elder. " This is a true saying. If a man desire the office of a Bishop, he desireth a good work. A Bishop, then, must be blameless," &c., with a list of the qualifications which Timothy was to think... | |
 | Reginald Rabett - Bible - 1835 - 408 pages
...Pope. Moreover, St. Paul tells us that 2" marriage is honorable in ALL," &c. And again : " that, 3 " If a man desire the office of a Bishop, he desireth a good work. A Bishop, therefore, must be blameless, the HUSBAND of one wife" Of Deacons he observes, * " Let the... | |
 | Episcopal Church - Hymns, English - 1835 - 636 pages
...our Lord. Amen. fl And another BiBhaj^shall read The Epistle. 1 Tim. iii. 1. THIS is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a Bishop, he desireth a good work. A Bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given... | |
 | Menno Simons - Mennonites - 1835 - 506 pages
...teaches and reproves others, that he first himself be rightly taught and unblamable, as Paul teaches : If a man desire the office of a bishop he desireth a good work. A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given... | |
 | Seth Williston - New England theology - 1836 - 664 pages
...the conversion of a sinner, and of being instrumental in its accomplishment, it may be well said, " If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work." It is now brought to my recollection, that while I was anticipating ¡m entrance on this good work,... | |
 | William Cogswell - Families - 1836 - 380 pages
...share in his labors should contribute to his support.(A) (/) 1 Tim. iii. 1. This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. — Jer. iii. 15. And 1 will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge... | |
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This is a true saying. If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. 
