1 Timothy 3 - Compare Translations
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1 Timothy 3:1
KJVThis is a true saying, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
WEBThis is a faithful saying: someone who seeks to be an overseer desires a good work.
YLTStedfast [is] the word: If any one the oversight doth long for, a right work he desireth;
1 Timothy 3:2
KJVA bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
WEBThe overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;
YLTit behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,
1 Timothy 3:3
KJVNot given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
WEBnot a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;
YLTnot given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre, but gentle, not contentious, not a lover of money,
1 Timothy 3:4
KJVOne that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
WEBone who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;
YLThis own house leading well, having children in subjection with all gravity,
1 Timothy 3:5
KJV(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
WEB(but how could someone who doesn’t know how to rule one’s own house take care of God’s assembly?)
YLT(and if any one his own house [how] to lead hath not known, how an assembly of God shall he take care of?)
1 Timothy 3:6
KJVNot a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
WEBnot a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.
YLTnot a new convert, lest having been puffed up he may fall to a judgment of the devil;
1 Timothy 3:7
KJVMoreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
WEBMoreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.
YLTand it behoveth him also to have a good testimony from those without, that he may not fall into reproach and a snare of the devil.
1 Timothy 3:8
KJVLikewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
WEBServants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money;
YLTMinistrants -- in like manner grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not given to filthy lucre,
1 Timothy 3:9
KJVHolding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
WEBholding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
YLThaving the secret of the faith in a pure conscience,
1 Timothy 3:10
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1 Timothy 3:11
KJVEven so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
WEBTheir wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.
YLTWomen -- in like manner grave, not false accusers, vigilant, faithful in all things.
1 Timothy 3:12
KJVLet the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
WEBLet servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
YLTMinistrants -- let them be of one wife husbands; the children leading well, and their own houses,
1 Timothy 3:13
KJVFor 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.
WEBFor those who have served well gain for themselves a good standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
YLTfor those who did minister well a good step to themselves do acquire, and much boldness in faith that [is] in Christ Jesus.
1 Timothy 3:14
KJVThese things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:
WEBThese things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly;
YLTThese things I write to thee, hoping to come unto thee soon,
1 Timothy 3:15
KJVBut 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.
WEBbut 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.
YLTand if I delay, that thou mayest know how it behoveth [thee] to conduct thyself in the house of God, which is an assembly of the living God -- a pillar and foundation of the truth,
1 Timothy 3:16
KJVAnd without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
WEBWithout controversy, the mystery of godliness is great:
YLTand, confessedly, great is the secret of piety -- God was manifested in flesh, declared righteous in spirit, seen by messengers, preached among nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory!
16 verses compared across 3 translations - KJV, WEB, YLT