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</li> <li class="tabItem marginal" data-related-content="studyMarginals" aria-label="marginal"> <span class="icon"></span> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="navigationContents"> <div id="studyDiscover" class="studyPane active tabContent"> <div class="section"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui"><strong>Overview of 1 Timothy</strong></span></h3><div class="summaryOverview"><ul class="content"><li class='scalableui'><div class="overview chapterOnly"> <ul class="outline"><li class="L1 collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><p class="se title"><span class="itemLabel"><strong>D.</strong></span> <strong>QUALIFIED MEN TO KEEP THE CONGREGATION STRONG (</strong><a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/3#h=12:0-18:0"><strong>3:1-16</strong></a><strong>)</strong></p><span class="icon"></span></div><ul><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Qualifications for overseers (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/3#h=12:0-13:0">3:1-7</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Qualifications for ministerial servants; counsel to Christian women (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/3#h=13:0-17:0">3:8-13</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">The congregation to be “a pillar and support of the truth” (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/3#h=17:0-17:262">3:14, 15</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">“The sacred secret of this godly devotion” (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/3#h=17:262-18:0">3:16</a>)</p></li></ul></li></ul></div> </li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="54-3-1" data-section-citation="054003001054003001"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Timothy 3:1</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p4" data-pid="4" class="s5"><strong>This statement is trustworthy:</strong> While some hold that the Greek phrase here used refers to what Paul mentioned earlier (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/1/0" data-bid="2-1" class="b">1Ti 2:15</a>), the expression “this statement” better describes what follows. Apparently, Paul is indicating that what he is going to say about reaching out to be an overseer is particularly important and worthy of attention.</p> <p id="p5" data-pid="5" class="s5"><strong>is reaching out:</strong> The Greek verb used here literally means “is stretching out”; it suggests that a man has to exert himself vigorously to qualify as an overseer. In the following verses, Paul lists qualities that imperfect men can develop if they put forth earnest effort. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/2/0" data-bid="3-1" class="b">1Ti 3:2-10,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/2/1" data-bid="3-2" class="b"> 12, 13</a>) Of course, not only appointed men but all Christians need these qualities.​—Compare <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/3/0" data-bid="4-1" class="b">Ro 12:3,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/3/1" data-bid="4-2" class="b"> 18;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/3/2" data-bid="4-3" class="b"> Php 4:5;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/3/3" data-bid="4-4" class="b"> 1Ti 3:11;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/3/4" data-bid="4-5" class="b"> Tit 2:3-5;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/3/5" data-bid="4-6" class="b"> Heb 13:5;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/3/6" data-bid="4-7" class="b"> 1Pe 2:12;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/3/7" data-bid="4-8" class="b"> 4:9</a>.</p> <p id="p6" data-pid="6" class="s5"><strong>to be an overseer:</strong> It is the responsibility of an overseer to watch over and protect fellow believers entrusted to his care. (See Glossary, “<a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/0/0">Overseer</a>.”) So he should be a spiritually mature man, displaying the qualities Paul lists in the following verses. Although the Greek word Paul uses can be rendered “office of oversight” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/4/0" data-bid="5-1" class="b">Ac 1:20</a>), it does not imply that an overseer has a position that elevates him above his brothers and sisters. Paul said to the Christians in Corinth: “Not that we are the masters over your faith, but we are fellow workers for your joy.”​—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/5/0" data-bid="6-1" class="b">2Co 1:24</a> and <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/1/0">study note;</a> <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/6/0" data-bid="7-1" class="b">1Pe 5:1-3</a>.</p> <p id="p7" data-pid="7" class="s5"><strong>a fine work:</strong> The work of an overseer is described as fine, that is, excellent or useful, but it is still <em>work.</em> One reference states: “The adjective [<em>ka·losʹ,</em> “fine”] expresses the excellence, the noun [<em>erʹgon,</em> “work”] the difficulty of the work.” So an overseer must be selfless, willing to make sacrifices and to work hard for the good of others.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group media"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Media</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="scalableui item"><div class="clearfix"><a class="galleryItem" href="/en/wol/gallery/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/1001072289#chapter=3"><img class="studyItemMedia" src="/en/wol/gallery/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/1001072289/thumbnail" data-img-large-src="/en/wol/mp/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/2024/945" ><span class="caption"><p>Timothy Meets With Fellow Elders in Ephesus</p> </span></a></div></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/3/51" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-52"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 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Forever!,</em> lesson 55</a></p> <p id="p111" data-pid="111" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/129/0"><em>Organized,</em> pp. 32-33,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/130/0"> 39-40</a></p> <p id="p112" data-pid="112" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/131/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 1160</a></p> <p id="p113" data-pid="113" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/132/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 564</a></p> <div id="p114" data-pid="114"><p data-pid="114" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/133/0"><em>The Watchtower</em> (Study)<em>,</em></a></p><p data-pid="114" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/133/0">8/2016, p. 21</a></p> </div><div id="p115" data-pid="115"><p data-pid="115" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/134/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="115" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/134/0">9/15/2014, pp. 3-4</a></p><p data-pid="115" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/135/0">5/15/2010, p. 24</a></p><p data-pid="115" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/136/0">1/1/2001, pp. 9-10</a></p><p data-pid="115" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/137/0">7/1/2000, p. 29</a></p><p data-pid="115" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/138/0">12/1/1999, p. 28</a></p><p data-pid="115" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/139/0">8/1/1999, p. 14</a></p><p data-pid="115" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/140/0">9/1/1990, pp. 18-23</a></p><p data-pid="115" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/141/0">8/15/1990, p. 19</a></p><p data-pid="115" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/142/0">9/15/1989, pp. 16-17</a></p> </div><p id="p116" data-pid="116" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/143/0"><em>School Guidebook,</em> pp. 190-191</a></p> <div id="p117" data-pid="117"><p data-pid="117" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/144/0"><em>Awake!,</em></a></p><p data-pid="117" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/144/0">8/8/1992, p. 12</a></p> </div><p id="p118" data-pid="118" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/145/0"><em>“All Scripture,”</em> pp. 236-237</a></p> <p id="p119" data-pid="119" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p28" data-pid="28" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/26/0">w23.12 28;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/26/2"> lff lesson 55;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/26/4"> od 32-33,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/26/8"> 39-40;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/26/10"> it-1 1160;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/26/12"> it-2 564;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/26/14"> w16.08 21;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/26/16"> w14 9/15 3-4;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/26/18"> w10 5/15 24;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/26/20"> w01 1/1 9-10;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/26/22"> w00 7/1 29;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/26/24"> w99 8/1 14;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/26/26"> w99 12/1 28;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/26/28"> sg 191;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/26/30"> g92 8/8 12;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/26/32"> w90 8/15 19;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/26/34"> w90 9/1 18-23;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/26/37"> si 236;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/26/39"> w89 9/15 16-17;</a><span class="ni"> om 30,</span><span class="ni"> 39;</span></p> <p id="p29" data-pid="29" class="sx"></p> <p id="p36" data-pid="36" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/34/0">w85 7/1 30;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/34/2"> w83 9/1 26;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/34/4"> w77 88-89;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/34/6"> w77 341;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/34/8"> km 12/75 6;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/34/10"> w73 469,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/34/12"> 475;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/34/14"> w73 569;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/34/16"> w72 10,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/34/18"> 21;</a><span class="ni"> or 61;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/34/22"> yb72 12,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/34/24"> 30-31;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/34/26"> w71 691,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/34/28"> 695,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/34/30"> 698;</a><span class="ni"> qm 230,</span><span class="ni"> 249;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/34/34"> w66 606;</a><span class="ni"> g65 3/22 4;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/34/36"> w63 419;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/34/37"> w62 177,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/34/38"> 283,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/34/39"> 383;</a><span class="ni"> yb62 57;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/34/41"> w61 467,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/34/42"> 639;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/34/43"> w60 75;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/34/44"> w59 362;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/34/45"> w57 23,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/34/46"> 122,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/34/47"> 153,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/34/48"> 376;</a><span class="ni"> qm55 230,</span><span class="ni"> 249;</span><span class="ni"> w44 312,</span><span class="ni"> 327</span></p> <p id="p37" data-pid="37" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="54-3-2" data-section-citation="054003002054003002"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Timothy 3:2</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p9" data-pid="9" class="s5"><strong>The overseer:</strong> Paul here uses the singular form of the Greek term for “overseer” (along with the definite article), but he does not mean that each congregation should have only one overseer. The congregation in Philippi, for example, had more than one overseer. When Paul wrote to the Christians there, he addressed the letter to the congregation “along with overseers and ministerial servants.”​—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/2/0">study note on Php 1:1</a>; see also <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/3/0">study note on Ac 20:28</a>.</p> <p id="p10" data-pid="10" class="s5"><strong>irreprehensible:</strong> The Greek word used here could also be rendered “above reproach” or “above criticism.” This does not mean that an overseer must be perfect, but no one should be able to make a valid accusation against him. His conduct, his dealings with people, and his way of life should be above reproach. He must be a man of the highest moral standards. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/8/0" data-bid="9-1" class="b">2Co 6:3, 4;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/8/1" data-bid="9-2" class="b"> Tit 1:6, 7</a>) Some scholars suggest that all the qualifications for Christian men who are appointed as overseers could be summed up in this one word.</p> <p id="p11" data-pid="11" class="s5"><strong>a husband of one wife:</strong> Jesus had earlier restored Jehovah’s original standard of monogamy. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/9/0" data-bid="10-1" class="b">Mt 19:4-6</a>) Therefore, a Christian overseer could not be a polygamist, even though polygamy was permitted by the Mosaic Law and was common among non-Christians. Divorce and remarriage were also common, even among Jews. However, Jesus taught that without Scriptural grounds, a Christian could not divorce his wife and marry another. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/10/0" data-bid="11-1" class="b">Mt 5:32;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/10/1" data-bid="11-2" class="b"> 19:9</a>) While these standards applied to all Christians, overseers and ministerial servants were to set the example. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/11/0" data-bid="12-1" class="b">1Ti 3:12</a>) Further, a married overseer had to be faithful to his wife, not guilty of sexual misconduct.​—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/12/0" data-bid="13-1" class="b">Heb 13:4</a>.</p> <p id="p12" data-pid="12" class="s5"><strong>moderate in habits:</strong> According to one lexicon, the Greek word used here literally means “sober, temperate; abstaining from wine, either entirely . . . or at least from its immoderate use.” However, the word came to be used in a broader sense to describe a person who is well-balanced, controlled, or levelheaded. This verse shows that a Christian overseer must be moderate in all areas of life. In the next verse, Paul makes a more direct reference to the misuse of alcoholic beverages.​—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/13/0" data-bid="14-1" class="b">1Ti 3:3</a>.</p> <p id="p13" data-pid="13" class="s5"><strong>sound in mind:</strong> Or “have good judgment; be sensible.” According to one lexicon, the Greek words rendered “sound in mind” and “soundness of mind” refer to being “prudent, thoughtful, self-controlled.” A person who is sound in mind would show balance and avoid judging matters hastily.</p> <p id="p14" data-pid="14" class="s5"><strong>orderly:</strong> Lit., “arranged.” An overseer should have a decent, well-arranged pattern of life. The Greek word can also denote good behavior. Thus, a man would not qualify as an overseer if he was unruly or disorderly.​—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/14/0" data-bid="15-1" class="b">1Th 5:14;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/14/1" data-bid="15-2" class="b"> 2Th 3:6-12;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/14/2" data-bid="15-3" class="b"> Tit 1:10</a>.</p> <p id="p15" data-pid="15" class="s5"><strong>hospitable:</strong> All Christians need to be hospitable. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/15/0" data-bid="16-1" class="b">Heb 13:1, 2;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/15/1" data-bid="16-2" class="b"> 1Pe 4:9</a>) However, a brother who is appointed as an overseer should be exemplary in this regard. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/16/0" data-bid="17-1" class="b">Tit 1:8</a>) The Greek term for “hospitality” literally means “love of strangers.” (See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/4/0">study note on Ro 12:13</a>.) Some lexicons define the related adjective here rendered “hospitable” as “having regard for the stranger or visitor” and “generous to guests.” One reference work describes the spirit shown by a hospitable man as follows: “The door of his house​—and of his heart​—must be open to strangers.” So hospitality should be extended not only to his circle of close friends but also to others. For example, Christians are encouraged to show hospitality to the poor or to the traveling representatives of the congregations.​—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/17/0" data-bid="18-1" class="b">Jas 2:14-16;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/17/1" data-bid="18-2" class="b"> 3Jo 5-8</a>.</p> <p id="p16" data-pid="16" class="s5"><strong>qualified to teach:</strong> An overseer should be a skillful teacher, able to convey Scriptural truths and moral principles to his fellow believers. In his letter to Titus, Paul says that an overseer needs to hold “firmly to the faithful word as respects his art of teaching” in order to encourage, exhort, and reprove. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/18/0" data-bid="19-1" class="b">Tit 1:5,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/18/1" data-bid="19-2" class="b"> 7,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/18/2" data-bid="19-3" class="b"> 9</a> and <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/5/0">study notes</a>) Paul also uses the expression “qualified to teach” in his second letter to Timothy. There he says that “a slave of the Lord” needs to show self-control and instruct “with mildness those not favorably disposed.” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/19/0" data-bid="20-1" class="b">2Ti 2:24, 25</a>) So an overseer should be able to reason convincingly from the Scriptures, to give sound counsel, and to reach the hearts of his listeners. (See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/6/0">study note on Mt 28:20</a>.) He needs to be a diligent student of God’s Word in order to teach others who themselves are students of the Bible.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/3/52" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-53"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ex 18:21</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-53" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-53" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/3/53" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-54"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ro 12:3; 1Pe 4:7</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-54" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-54" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/3/54" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-55"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 28:7; 1Pe 4:9</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-55" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-55" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/3/55" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-56"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Jer 3:15; 1Ti 5:17; 2Ti 2:24; Tit 1:7, 9</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-56" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-56" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p119" data-pid="119" class="se"></p> <p id="p120" data-pid="120" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/146/0"><em>Enjoy Life Forever!,</em> lesson 42</a></p> <p id="p121" data-pid="121" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/147/0"><em>Organized,</em> pp. 32,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/148/0"> 34-37</a></p> <p id="p122" data-pid="122" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/149/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 983</a></p> <div id="p123" data-pid="123"><p data-pid="123" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/150/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="123" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/150/0">11/15/2013, p. 29</a></p><p data-pid="123" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/151/0">9/15/1999, p. 10</a></p><p data-pid="123" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/152/0">1/1/1997, p. 28</a></p><p data-pid="123" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/153/0">10/15/1996, p. 17</a></p><p data-pid="123" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/154/0">9/1/1990, pp. 24,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/155/0"> 27</a></p> </div><div id="p124" data-pid="124"><p data-pid="124" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/156/0"><em>Awake!,</em></a></p><p data-pid="124" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/156/0">6/8/1998, pp. 16-17</a></p><p data-pid="124" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/157/0">5/8/1992, p. 27</a></p><p data-pid="124" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/158/0">8/8/1989, pp. 12-13</a></p> </div><p id="p125" data-pid="125" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/159/0"><em>Proclaimers,</em> p. 182</a></p> <p id="p126" data-pid="126" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p29" data-pid="29" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/27/0">w24.11 21-22,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/27/5"> 24;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/27/7"> lff lesson 42;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/27/9"> od 32,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/27/12"> 34-37;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/27/19"> it-2 983;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/27/21"> w13 11/15 29;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/27/23"> w99 9/15 10;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/27/25"> g98 6/8 16;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/27/27"> w97 1/1 28;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/27/29"> w96 10/15 17;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/27/31"> jv 182;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/27/33"> g92 5/8 27;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/27/35"> w90 9/1 24,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/27/37"> 27;</a><span class="ni"> om 30-31,</span><span class="ni"> 33-36;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/27/47"> g89 8/8 12-13;</a></p> <p id="p30" data-pid="30" class="sx"></p> <p id="p37" data-pid="37" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/35/0">w83 4/15 25;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/35/2"> w83 9/1 24-25;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/35/4"> w80 9/15 31;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/35/6"> w75 467-468;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/35/8"> km 5/75 4;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/35/10"> w74 530-531;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/35/12"> w73 205;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/35/14"> w73 470,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/35/16"> 472-473;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/35/20"> g73 3/22 4;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/35/22"> w72 10-12;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/35/24"> yb72 12-15;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/35/26"> w71 752;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/35/28"> ad 1518;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/35/29"> w66 147;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/35/30"> w65 333;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/35/31"> w63 75,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/35/32"> 434;</a><span class="ni"> ln 41;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/35/34"> w62 186,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/35/35"> 368,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/35/36"> 383,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/35/37"> 573,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/35/38"> 632;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/35/39"> w61 199,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/35/40"> 337,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/35/41"> 639;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/35/42"> w57 371;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/35/43"> w51 235;</a><span class="ni"> w44 312,</span><span class="ni"> 327</span></p> <p id="p38" data-pid="38" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="54-3-3" data-section-citation="054003003054003003"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Timothy 3:3</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p18" data-pid="18" class="s5"><strong>not violent:</strong> Or “not a smiter.” The Greek word here rendered “violent” can literally refer to one who strikes another with physical blows. However, the meaning can be broader; the word is also defined as “a bully.” A person may bully others by using cruel or vicious words that can be as painful as a physical beating. (See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/7/0">study note on Col 3:8</a>.) Paul taught that Christians should be gentle and mild, even when they face challenging situations. That inspired standard would especially apply to elders.​—Compare <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/21/0" data-bid="22-1" class="b">2Ti 2:24, 25</a>.</p> <p id="p19" data-pid="19" class="s5"><strong>reasonable:</strong> The Greek word Paul uses here is broad in meaning and can also convey the idea of being gentle, courteous, or tolerant. (See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/8/0">study note on Php 4:5</a>.) Its literal meaning is “yielding.” In using this word, however, Paul is not saying that an overseer would yield to or tolerate wrong or that he would compromise divine standards. Rather, Paul is saying that in matters of personal preference, an overseer would be willing to yield to the views of others. He does not rigidly insist on his own rights or on doing things the way he has always done them. Instead, when it comes to personal views, he respects the preferences of others and he readily adapts to changing circumstances. An overseer is firm in upholding Bible laws and principles, but he seeks to apply those standards in a kind, balanced way. Reasonableness is an aspect of divine wisdom and a hallmark of Jesus Christ’s personality. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/22/0" data-bid="23-1" class="b">Jas 3:17</a>; see <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/9/0">study note on 2Co 10:1</a>.) It is also a quality for which all Christians should be known.​—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/23/0" data-bid="24-1" class="b">Tit 3:1, 2</a>.</p> <p id="p20" data-pid="20" class="s5"><strong>not quarrelsome:</strong> See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/10/0">study note on Tit 3:2</a>.</p> <p id="p21" data-pid="21" class="s5"><strong>not a lover of money:</strong> A person who is focused on acquiring material possessions cannot at the same time give proper attention to shepherding “the flock of God.” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/24/0" data-bid="25-1" class="b">1Pe 5:2</a>) With his sights fixed on the material things of this world, he cannot effectively help God’s people reach out for everlasting life in “the coming system of things.” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/25/0" data-bid="26-1" class="b">Lu 18:30</a>) And he cannot convincingly teach others “to place their hope . . . on God” when he himself is relying on “uncertain riches.” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/26/0" data-bid="27-1" class="b">1Ti 6:17</a>) Therefore, “a lover of money” would not qualify to serve as an overseer. This qualification for overseers is in agreement with inspired counsel given to all Christians.​—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/27/0" data-bid="28-1" class="b">Mt 6:24;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/27/1" data-bid="28-2" class="b"> 1Ti 6:10;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/27/2" data-bid="28-3" class="b"> Heb 13:5</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/3/56" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-57"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ro 13:13</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-57" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-57" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/3/57" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-58"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Php 4:5; Jas 3:17</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-58" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-58" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/3/58" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-59"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ro 12:18; Jas 3:18</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-59" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-59" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/3/59" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-60"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Heb 13:5; 1Pe 5:2</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-60" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-60" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p126" data-pid="126" class="se"></p> <p id="p127" data-pid="127" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/160/0"><em>Organized,</em> pp. 32,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/161/0"> 34-36</a></p> <p id="p128" data-pid="128" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/162/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 55</a></p> <p id="p129" data-pid="129" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/163/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 756</a></p> <div id="p130" data-pid="130"><p data-pid="130" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/164/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="130" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/164/0">9/1/1990, pp. 25-26,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/165/0"> 27-28</a></p> </div><div id="p131" data-pid="131"><p data-pid="131" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/166/0"><em>Awake!,</em></a></p><p data-pid="131" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/166/0">11/22/1988, p. 8</a></p> </div><p id="p132" data-pid="132" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p30" data-pid="30" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/28/0">w24.11 21-23;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/28/4"> od 32,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/28/7"> 35-36;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/28/10"> it-1 55;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/28/12"> it-2 756;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/28/14"> w90 9/1 25-28;</a><span class="ni"> om 30-31,</span><span class="ni"> 34-36;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/28/24"> g88 11/22 8;</a></p> <p id="p31" data-pid="31" class="sx"></p> <p id="p38" data-pid="38" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/36/0">w83 7/15 25;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/36/2"> w83 9/1 24;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/36/4"> w78 8/1 5;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/36/6"> w73 470,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/36/8"> 473;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/36/10"> w72 12-13,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/36/12"> 581;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/36/14"> yb72 15-16;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/36/16"> w61 639;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/36/17"> w60 75,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/36/18"> 138;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/36/19"> w57 372</a></p> <p id="p39" data-pid="39" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="54-3-4" data-section-citation="054003004054003004"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Timothy 3:4</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p23" data-pid="23" class="s5"><strong>presiding over:</strong> Or “managing.”​—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/11/0">study note on Ro 12:8</a>.</p> <p id="p24" data-pid="24" class="s5"><strong>presiding over his own household in a fine manner:</strong> The meaning of the phrase “presiding over,” or “managing,” is clarified by <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/29/0" data-bid="30-1" class="b">verse 5</a>. There Paul likens the way a husband is to preside over his family to the way an overseer is to “care for the congregation of God.” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/30/0" data-bid="31-1" class="b">1Ti 3:5</a>) According to one reference work, the verb rendered “care for” in that verse “implies both leadership (guidance) and caring concern.” So the context shows that a husband and father is to be, not a harsh ruler or a dictator, but a man who lovingly cares for his family.​—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/12/0">study note on 1Ti 3:5</a>.</p> <p id="p25" data-pid="25" class="s5"><strong>having his children in subjection with all seriousness:</strong> The phrase “with all seriousness” seems to refer to “his children” and not, as some suggest, to the father. Christian children can be “in subjection with all seriousness” by being obedient, respectful, and well-behaved. They act in a way that is appropriate to their age and circumstances. The Bible shows that it is natural for children to laugh and to play. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/31/0" data-bid="32-1" class="b">Lu 7:32</a>; compare <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/32/0" data-bid="33-1" class="b">Ec 3:4;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/32/1" data-bid="33-2" class="b"> Isa 11:8</a>.) At <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/33/0" data-bid="34-1" class="b">1Co 13:11</a>, Paul acknowledges that when he was a child, he spoke, thought, and reasoned “as a child.” So he is not suggesting that children should be expected to reason or behave as if they were adults.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/3/60" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-61"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eph 6:4</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-61" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-61" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p132" data-pid="132" class="se"></p> <p id="p133" data-pid="133" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/167/0"><em>Organized,</em> pp. 32,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/168/0"> 34,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/169/0"> 133-134</a></p> <p id="p134" data-pid="134" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/170/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 355</a></p> <div id="p135" data-pid="135"><p data-pid="135" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/171/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="135" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/171/0">6/15/2011, p. 26</a></p><p data-pid="135" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/172/0">10/15/1996, pp. 20-21</a></p><p data-pid="135" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/173/0">5/15/1993, pp. 17-19</a></p><p data-pid="135" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/174/0">9/1/1990, p. 25</a></p><p data-pid="135" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/175/0">5/15/1989, p. 20</a></p> </div><p id="p136" data-pid="136" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p31" data-pid="31" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/29/0">w24.11 22;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/29/2"> od 32,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/29/5"> 34,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/29/7"> 133;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/29/9"> it-2 355;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/29/11"> w11 6/15 26;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/29/13"> w96 10/15 20-21;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/29/15"> w93 5/15 17-19;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/29/17"> w90 9/1 25;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/29/19"> w89 5/15 20;</a><span class="ni"> om 30-31,</span><span class="ni"> 33;</span></p> <p id="p32" data-pid="32" class="sx"></p> <p id="p39" data-pid="39" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/37/0">w84 5/15 30-31;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/37/2"> w83 9/1 23-24;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/37/4"> w78 2/1 31;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/37/6"> km 7/75 3;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/37/8"> w74 89-90;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/37/10"> w73 471;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/37/12"> w72 13-14,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/37/14"> 126;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/37/16"> w72 126;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/37/18"> yb72 16-17;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/37/20"> w66 271,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/37/21"> 296;</a><span class="ni"> li 260;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/37/23"> w64 472;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/37/24"> w63 499;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/37/25"> w62 206,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/37/26"> 462,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/37/27"> 685;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/37/28"> w61 182;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/37/29"> w57 182,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/37/30"> 373;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/37/31"> w52 415</a></p> <p id="p40" data-pid="40" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="54-3-5" data-section-citation="054003005054003005"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Timothy 3:5</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p27" data-pid="27" class="s5"><strong>care for:</strong> The Greek word used here is also used by the Gospel writer Luke in the illustration of the neighborly Samaritan who “took care of” a man who had fallen victim to robbers. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/35/0" data-bid="36-1" class="b">Lu 10:34, 35</a>) An overseer should likewise tenderly “care for” the needs of those in the congregation.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-6"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p43" data-pid="43">Or “manage.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p136" data-pid="136" class="se"></p> <p id="p137" data-pid="137" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/176/0"><em>Organized,</em> pp. 32,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/177/0"> 34</a></p> <div id="p138" data-pid="138"><p data-pid="138" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/178/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="138" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/178/0">5/15/2012, p. 9</a></p><p data-pid="138" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/179/0">10/15/1996, pp. 20-24</a></p><p data-pid="138" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/180/0">5/15/1993, pp. 17-19</a></p><p data-pid="138" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/181/0">9/1/1990, p. 25</a></p><p data-pid="138" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/182/0">3/1/1988, pp. 23-24</a></p> </div><p id="p139" data-pid="139" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p32" data-pid="32" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/30/0">od 32,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/30/3"> 34;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/30/5"> w12 5/15 9;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/30/7"> w96 10/15 20-24;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/30/9"> w93 5/15 17-19;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/30/11"> w90 9/1 25;</a><span class="ni"> om 30-31,</span><span class="ni"> 33;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/30/18"> w88 3/1 24;</a></p> <p id="p33" data-pid="33" class="sx"></p> <p id="p40" data-pid="40" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/38/0">w83 9/1 23-24;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/38/2"> w77 599;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/38/4"> w75 469;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/38/6"> w74 89-90;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/38/8"> w73 471;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/38/10"> w66 271;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/38/11"> w63 499;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/38/12"> w62 462;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/38/13"> w57 182,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/38/14"> 373</a></p> <p id="p41" data-pid="41" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="54-3-6" data-section-citation="054003006054003006"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Timothy 3:6</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p29" data-pid="29" class="s5"><strong>a newly converted man:</strong> Paul uses a Greek word that literally means “newly planted.” In a figurative sense, this expression refers to someone who has recently become a Christian. (Compare <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/37/0" data-bid="38-1" class="b">1Co 3:6-8</a>, where Paul likens the disciple-making work to planting.) Here Paul makes it clear that a man who is appointed as an overseer must be a mature Christian, not one who recently became a believer.</p> <p id="p30" data-pid="30" class="s5"><strong>puffed up with pride:</strong> See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/13/0">study note on 2Ti 3:4</a>.</p> <p id="p31" data-pid="31" class="s5"><strong>and fall into the judgment passed on the Devil:</strong> Paul cites the warning example of the perfect spirit creature who became Satan the Devil. Instead of fulfilling the assignment God gave him, the Devil got “puffed up with pride.” His pride and selfish ambition led to his downfall and judgment. Paul thus shows that before a man can be entrusted with authority as an overseer in the Christian congregation, he needs time to demonstrate that he is truly humble. A humble man follows the pattern of Jesus, who was never ambitious for more authority.​—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/38/0" data-bid="39-1" class="b">Php 2:5-8;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/38/1" data-bid="39-2" class="b"> Heb 5:8-10</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/3/61" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-62"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Ti 5:22</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-62" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-62" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p139" data-pid="139" class="se"></p> <p id="p140" data-pid="140" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/183/0"><em>Organized,</em> pp. 32-33</a></p> <p id="p141" data-pid="141" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/184/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 774</a></p> <div id="p142" data-pid="142"><p data-pid="142" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/185/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="142" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/185/0">9/1/1990, p. 26</a></p> </div><p id="p143" data-pid="143" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p33" data-pid="33" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/31/0">w24.11 23;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/31/2"> od 32-33;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/31/6"> it-2 774;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/31/8"> w90 9/1 26;</a><span class="ni"> om 30-33;</span></p> <p id="p34" data-pid="34" class="sx"></p> <p id="p41" data-pid="41" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/39/0">w84 10/15 11;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/39/2"> w78 12/1 19-20;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/39/4"> w78 12/15 30;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/39/6"> w76 451;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/39/8"> g74 10/22 20;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/39/10"> w73 471,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/39/12"> 475;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/39/14"> w72 14;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/39/16"> yb72 18;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/39/18"> ad 1388;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/39/19"> g71 5/22 10;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/39/21"> w64 307,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/39/22"> 728;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/39/23"> w62 266;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/39/24"> w61 158;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/39/25"> w57 373;</a><span class="ni"> nh 79;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/39/27"> w52 44</a></p> <p id="p42" data-pid="42" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="54-3-7" data-section-citation="054003007054003007"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Timothy 3:7</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p33" data-pid="33" class="s5"><strong>fall into reproach and a snare of the Devil:</strong> A Christian man who is appointed to be an overseer needs to have “a fine testimony” from people outside the congregation. If he were to be appointed despite having a bad reputation, he would bring reproach on himself, on the congregation, and especially on Jehovah. Also, he would be in danger of falling into one of the snares of the Devil, such as pride or ambition, which might lead him to disobey God. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/40/0" data-bid="41-1" class="b">1Ti 3:6;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/40/1" data-bid="41-2" class="b"> 2Ti 2:26</a>) Paul’s wording also allows for the idea that “reproach” is part of the “snare” set by the Devil. Satan would delight to see the Christian congregation reproached because of the bad reputation of an overseer.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-7"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p44" data-pid="44">Or “a good reputation.”</p> </span></li><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-8"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p45" data-pid="45">Or “disgrace.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/3/62" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-63"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 22:12; 1Th 4:11, 12</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-63" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-63" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p143" data-pid="143" class="se"></p> <p id="p144" data-pid="144" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/186/0"><em>Organized,</em> pp. 32,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/187/0"> 34</a></p> <p id="p145" data-pid="145" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/188/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 780</a></p> <div id="p146" data-pid="146"><p data-pid="146" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/189/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="146" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/189/0">9/15/2005, p. 30</a></p><p data-pid="146" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/190/0">9/1/1990, p. 24</a></p> </div><p id="p147" data-pid="147" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p34" data-pid="34" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/32/0">w24.11 21;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/32/2"> od 32,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/32/5"> 34;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/32/7"> it-2 780;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/32/9"> w05 9/15 30;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/32/11"> w90 9/1 24;</a><span class="ni"> om 30-31,</span><span class="ni"> 33-34;</span></p> <p id="p35" data-pid="35" class="sx"></p> <p id="p42" data-pid="42" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/40/0">w80 9/15 6;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/40/2"> w73 473;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/40/4"> w72 14-15,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/40/6"> 597;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/40/8"> yb72 18-19;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/40/10"> ad 1392;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/40/11"> g71 5/22 10;</a><span class="ni"> g63 1/22 11;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/40/14"> w62 632;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/40/15"> w61 499;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/40/16"> w60 75,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/40/17"> 409,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/40/18"> 762;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/40/19"> w57 373</a></p> <p id="p43" data-pid="43" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="54-3-8" data-section-citation="054003008054003008"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Timothy 3:8</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p35" data-pid="35" class="s5"><strong>Ministerial servants:</strong> Or “Assistants.” A rendering of the Greek word <em>di·aʹko·nos,</em> which is often translated “minister” or “servant.” In this context, it refers to those who were appointed to be servants in the congregation and assistants to the body of elders. It appears that they helped with many practical matters related to the smooth functioning of the congregation. Such assistance freed the elders to focus on teaching and shepherding.​—See Glossary, “<a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/14/0">Ministerial servant</a>”; <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/15/0">study note on Php 1:1</a>; see also <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/16/0">study note on Mt 20:26</a>.</p> <p id="p36" data-pid="36" class="s5"><strong>serious:</strong> The Greek word rendered “serious” at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/42/0" data-bid="43-1" class="b">1Ti 3:8,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/42/1" data-bid="43-2" class="b"> 11</a>, and <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/43/0" data-bid="44-1" class="b">Tit 2:2</a> could also be rendered “worthy of respect,” “dignified,” or “honorable.” In order to qualify as a ministerial servant, a man should conduct himself in a dignified manner that would win respect. He should be reliable and dependable, taking his duties seriously.</p> <p id="p37" data-pid="37" class="s5"><strong>double-tongued:</strong> Or “deceitful in speech.” Lit., “double-talking.” The expression Paul here uses conveys the idea of being insincere. A man appointed to be a ministerial servant or an overseer must not be hypocritical, perhaps flattering others or misleading them for his own benefit. Also, he must not be deceptive, saying one thing to one person and the opposite to another. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/44/0" data-bid="45-1" class="b">Pr 3:32;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/44/1" data-bid="45-2" class="b"> Jas 3:17</a>) Rather, he must be truthful and straightforward, a man whose word can be trusted.</p> <p id="p38" data-pid="38" class="s5"><strong>greedy of dishonest gain:</strong> This expression (also found at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/45/0" data-bid="46-1" class="b">Tit 1:7</a>) basically refers to someone who, according to one lexicon, is “shamefully greedy for material gain or profit.” (Compare <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/46/0" data-bid="47-1" class="b">1Ti 3:3;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/46/1" data-bid="47-2" class="b"> 1Pe 5:2</a>.) Lovers of money put their relationship with Jehovah at risk, and greedy people will not inherit God’s Kingdom. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/47/0" data-bid="48-1" class="b">1Co 6:9, 10;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/47/1" data-bid="48-2" class="b"> 1Ti 6:9, 10</a>) For good reason, such men do not qualify to be overseers or ministerial servants. They would likely take advantage of fellow Christians. For instance, appointed men might be entrusted with handling congregation funds and distributing them to the needy. Any who were “greedy of dishonest gain” would be tempted to steal some of the money, not only harming the congregation but also offending Jehovah.​—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/48/0" data-bid="49-1" class="b">Joh 12:4-6</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/3/63" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-64"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Php 1:1</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-64" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-64" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/3/64" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-65"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 6:3; Tit 1:7; 1Pe 5:2</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-65" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-65" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p147" data-pid="147" class="se"></p> <p id="p148" data-pid="148" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/191/0"><em>Enjoy Life Forever!,</em> lesson 55</a></p> <p id="p149" data-pid="149" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/192/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 409</a></p> <div id="p150" data-pid="150"><p data-pid="150" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/193/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="150" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/193/0">9/1/1990, pp. 25-26</a></p><p data-pid="150" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/194/0">8/1/1987, p. 6</a></p> </div><p id="p151" data-pid="151" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p35" data-pid="35" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/33/0">w24.11 17-18;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/33/2"> lff lesson 55;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/33/4"> it-2 409;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/33/6"> w90 9/1 25-26;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/33/8"> w87 8/1 6;</a></p> <p id="p36" data-pid="36" class="sx"></p> <p id="p43" data-pid="43" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/41/0">w85 9/15 15-16;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/41/2"> w83 4/15 25;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/41/4"> w77 222-223;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/41/6"> w77 527;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/41/8"> w75 720-721;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/41/10"> w73 470-471;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/41/13"> w71 691-692;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/41/15"> w67 31;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/41/16"> w62 383,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/41/17"> 630;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/41/18"> w59 128;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/41/19"> w51 510;</a><span class="ni"> w44 327</span></p> <p id="p44" data-pid="44" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="54-3-9" data-section-citation="054003009054003009"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Timothy 3:9</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p40" data-pid="40" class="s5"><strong>the sacred secret of the faith:</strong> This phrase apparently refers to truths about the Christian faith. These truths had been secrets, or they had been unknown, until God revealed them to followers of his Son. So a ministerial servant had to do more than assist the elders in practical ways. He also had to be a firm and loyal supporter of revealed truth, eager and able to defend this body of beliefs.</p> <p id="p41" data-pid="41" class="s5"><strong>a clean conscience:</strong> See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/17/0">study note on Ro 2:15</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/3/65" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-66"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Ti 1:5, 18, 19; 2Ti 1:3; 1Pe 3:16</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-66" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-66" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p151" data-pid="151" class="se"></p> <div id="p152" data-pid="152"><p data-pid="152" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/195/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="152" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/195/0">9/1/1990, p. 26</a></p> </div><p id="p153" data-pid="153" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p36" data-pid="36" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/34/0">w24.11 18;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/34/2"> w90 9/1 26;</a></p> <p id="p37" data-pid="37" class="sx"></p> <p id="p44" data-pid="44" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/42/0">w85 9/15 16;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/42/2"> w73 471-472;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/42/4"> w72 598;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/42/6"> w67 31</a></p> <p id="p45" data-pid="45" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="54-3-10" data-section-citation="054003010054003010"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Timothy 3:10</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-9"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p46" data-pid="46">Or “tested as to whether they qualify.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/3/66" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-67"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Pe 2:12</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-67" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-67" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p153" data-pid="153" class="se"></p> <p id="p154" data-pid="154" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/196/0"><em>Organized,</em> p. 54</a></p> <p id="p155" data-pid="155" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/197/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 409</a></p> <div id="p156" data-pid="156"><p data-pid="156" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/198/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="156" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/198/0">4/15/2011, p. 11</a></p><p data-pid="156" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/199/0">5/1/2006, pp. 23-24</a></p><p data-pid="156" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/200/0">9/1/1990, pp. 24,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/201/0"> 26</a></p><p data-pid="156" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/202/0">7/1/1989, p. 29</a></p> </div><div id="p157" data-pid="157"><p data-pid="157" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/203/0"><em>Kingdom Ministry,</em></a></p><p data-pid="157" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/203/0">5/2000, p. 8</a></p> </div><p id="p158" data-pid="158" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p37" data-pid="37" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/35/0">w24.11 18-19;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/35/2"> od 54;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/35/4"> it-2 409;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/35/6"> w11 4/15 11;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/35/8"> w06 5/1 23-24;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/35/10"> km 5/00 8;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/35/12"> w90 9/1 24,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/35/14"> 26;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/35/16"> w89 7/1 29;</a><span class="ni"> om 57;</span></p> <p id="p38" data-pid="38" class="sx"></p> <p id="p45" data-pid="45" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/43/0">w85 9/15 15;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/43/2"> w77 697;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/43/4"> w75 720-721;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/43/6"> w73 471,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/43/8"> 475;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/43/10"> w72 21,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/43/13"> 126,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/43/15"> 597;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/43/17"> yb72 30;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/43/20"> ad 1163;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/43/21"> w67 31;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/43/22"> w64 307;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/43/23"> w62 383,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/43/24"> 630;</a><span class="ni"> w44 327</span></p> <p id="p46" data-pid="46" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="54-3-11" data-section-citation="054003011054003011"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Timothy 3:11</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p43" data-pid="43" class="s5"><strong>Women should likewise:</strong> When Paul outlines the qualifications for appointed men, he also lists similar qualities for Christian women. The Greek word here used can mean either women or wives. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/51/0" data-bid="52-1" class="b">1Ti 3:2,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/51/1" data-bid="52-2" class="b"> 12</a>) So the counsel that follows would apply to all Christian women, especially the wives of those entrusted with responsibility in the congregation.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/3/67" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-68"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Pr 11:13; 1Ti 5:13</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-68" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-68" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/3/68" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-69"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Tit 2:3-5</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-69" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-69" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p158" data-pid="158" class="se"></p> <div id="p159" data-pid="159"><p data-pid="159" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/204/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="159" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/204/0">10/15/1996, p. 17</a></p> </div><p id="p160" data-pid="160" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p38" data-pid="38" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/36/0">w96 10/15 17;</a></p> <p id="p39" data-pid="39" class="sx"></p> <p id="p46" data-pid="46" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/44/0">g73 3/22 4;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/44/2"> w67 32;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/44/3"> w66 235;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/44/4"> w65 333;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/44/5"> w50 122</a></p> <p id="p47" data-pid="47" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="54-3-12" data-section-citation="054003012054003012"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Timothy 3:12</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p45" data-pid="45" class="s5"><strong>husbands of one wife:</strong> See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/18/0">study note on 1Ti 3:2</a>.</p> <p id="p46" data-pid="46" class="s5"><strong>presiding in a fine manner:</strong> See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/19/0">study note on 1Ti 3:4</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p160" data-pid="160" class="se"></p> <p id="p161" data-pid="161" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/205/0"><em>Organized,</em> pp. 133-134</a></p> <div id="p162" data-pid="162"><p data-pid="162" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/206/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="162" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/206/0">1/1/1997, p. 28</a></p><p data-pid="162" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/207/0">9/1/1990, pp. 24-25</a></p><p data-pid="162" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/208/0">3/1/1988, pp. 23-24</a></p> </div><p id="p163" data-pid="163" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p39" data-pid="39" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/37/0">w24.11 19;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/37/2"> w24.12 31;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/37/4"> od 133;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/37/6"> w97 1/1 28;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/37/8"> w90 9/1 24-25;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/37/10"> w88 3/1 24;</a></p> <p id="p40" data-pid="40" class="sx"></p> <p id="p47" data-pid="47" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/45/0">w85 9/15 16;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/45/2"> w78 2/1 31;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/45/4"> w78 12/1 18-19;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/45/6"> w73 470-471;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/45/9"> w72 21;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/45/12"> yb72 30;</a><span class="ni"> yl 150;</span><span class="ni"> li 260;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/45/16"> w62 186,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/45/17"> 383;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/45/18"> w61 182;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/45/19"> w60 714;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/45/20"> w51 235;</a><span class="ni"> el 145;</span><span class="ni"> w44 327</span></p> <p id="p48" data-pid="48" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="54-3-13" data-section-citation="054003013054003013"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Timothy 3:13</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p48" data-pid="48" class="s5"><strong>great freeness of speech:</strong> See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/20/0">study note on 2Co 7:4</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p163" data-pid="163" class="se"></p> <p id="p164" data-pid="164" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/209/0"><em>Enjoy Life Forever!,</em> lesson 55</a></p> <div id="p165" data-pid="165"><p data-pid="165" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/210/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="165" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/210/0">7/1/1989, p. 29</a></p> </div><p id="p166" data-pid="166" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p40" data-pid="40" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/38/0">lff lesson 55;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/38/2"> w89 7/1 29;</a></p> <p id="p41" data-pid="41" class="sx"></p> <p id="p48" data-pid="48" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/46/0">w85 9/15 16;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/46/2"> w78 12/1 18-19;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/46/4"> km 9/78 1,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/46/6"> 4;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/46/8"> w75 720-721;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/46/10"> yb72 30;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/46/13"> w62 383;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/46/14"> w61 182</a></p> <p id="p49" data-pid="49" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="54-3-15" data-section-citation="054003015054003015"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Timothy 3:15</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p50" data-pid="50" class="s5"><strong>God’s household:</strong> Paul calls the entire <strong>congregation</strong> of anointed Christians “God’s household.” This word picture is used several times in the Christian Greek Scriptures. (See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/21/0">study notes on Ga 6:10;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/22/0"> Eph 2:19</a>.) It conveys the idea that Christians are organized as a close family unit and enjoy a pleasant familylike atmosphere.</p> <p id="p51" data-pid="51" class="s5"><strong>the living God:</strong> This descriptive phrase was often used in the Hebrew Scriptures. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/55/0" data-bid="56-1" class="b">De 5:26;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/55/1" data-bid="56-2" class="b"> 1Sa 17:26,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/55/2" data-bid="56-3" class="b"> 36;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/55/3" data-bid="56-4" class="b"> Isa 37:4,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/55/4" data-bid="56-5" class="b"> 17</a>) In this context, it contrasts Jehovah, “the living God,” with the lifeless idols worshipped by pagans in Ephesus and elsewhere. Paul may also have used this phrase to remind Christians of the superiority of their worship.</p> <p id="p52" data-pid="52" class="s5"><strong>a pillar and support of the truth:</strong> Paul uses two architectural terms in a figurative way to describe the Christian congregation. Pillars were sturdy structural features of many large buildings in Paul’s day; they often served to hold up a heavy roof. Paul may have had in mind the temple in Jerusalem or some impressive buildings in Ephesus, where Timothy was then residing. (Paul also used the term “pillars” at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/56/0" data-bid="57-1" class="b">Ga 2:9</a>. See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/23/0">study note</a>.) Here at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/57/0" data-bid="58-1" class="b">1Ti 3:15</a>, Paul describes the entire Christian congregation as a figurative pillar that upholds the truth. The Greek word for “support” means “that which provides a firm base for something.” The word may also be rendered “foundation,” “buttress,” or “bulwark.” Paul uses the two words in combination to emphasize that the congregation was to uphold and support the sacred truths of God’s Word. In particular, those entrusted with oversight in the congregation had to be “handling the word of the truth aright.” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/58/0" data-bid="59-1" class="b">2Ti 2:15</a>) Paul saw the matter as urgent; he wanted Timothy to do all that he could to strengthen the congregation before the great apostasy took hold.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/3/69" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-70"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Heb 3:6</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-70" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-70" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p166" data-pid="166" class="se"></p> <p id="p167" data-pid="167" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/211/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 971</a></p> <p id="p168" data-pid="168" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/212/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> pp. 643,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/213/0"> 838,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/214/0"> 1132-1133</a></p> <div id="p169" data-pid="169"><p data-pid="169" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/215/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="169" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/215/0">4/15/2007, p. 29</a></p> </div><p id="p170" data-pid="170" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p41" data-pid="41" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/39/0">it-1 971;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/39/2"> it-2 643,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/39/4"> 838,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/39/6"> 1132-1133;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/39/8"> w07 4/15 29;</a></p> <p id="p42" data-pid="42" class="sx"></p> <p id="p49" data-pid="49" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/47/0">w84 11/1 18;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/47/2"> w81 9/15 16;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/47/4"> w79 3/1 21;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/47/6"> w78 12/1 18;</a><span class="ni"> or 12;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/47/10"> w71 318-319;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/47/12"> ad 1313,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/47/13"> 1619;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/47/14"> w70 616;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/47/16"> w68 650,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/47/17"> 657;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/47/18"> w65 750;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/47/19"> w62 138;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/47/20"> w61 140;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/47/21"> w60 560;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/47/22"> w57 211;</a><span class="ni"> w49 14;</span><span class="ni"> rw 48</span></p> <p id="p50" data-pid="50" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="54-3-16" data-section-citation="054003016054003016"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Timothy 3:16</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p54" data-pid="54" class="s5"><strong>the sacred secret of this godly devotion:</strong> This is the only place in the Scriptures where these two expressions, “sacred secret” and “godly devotion,” occur together. (See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/24/0">study notes on Mt 13:11;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/25/0"> 1Ti 4:7</a>.) Paul here focuses on this sacred secret: Could any human live a life of perfect godly devotion? When Adam selfishly rebelled against Jehovah in Eden, he failed in that regard. So the question was full of meaning for his descendants. For some 4,000 years, the answer was a mystery, or a secret. No imperfect descendant of Adam and Eve could keep perfect integrity. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/60/0" data-bid="61-1" class="b">Ps 51:5;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/60/1" data-bid="61-2" class="b"> Ec 7:20;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/60/2" data-bid="61-3" class="b"> Ro 3:23</a>) But Jesus, a perfect man like Adam, showed godly devotion in every thought, word, and action, even under the most severe tests. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/61/0" data-bid="62-1" class="b">Heb 4:15</a>; see <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/26/0">study note on 1Co 15:45</a>.) His personal attachment to Jehovah was based on unselfish and heartfelt love. By setting a perfect example of godly devotion, Jesus provided the answer to this sacred secret for all time.</p> <p id="p55" data-pid="55" class="s5"><strong>godly devotion:</strong> For a discussion of the expression “godly devotion,” see <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/27/0">study note on 1Ti 4:7</a>; see also <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/28/0">study note on 1Ti 2:2</a>.</p> <p id="p56" data-pid="56" class="s5"><strong>‘He</strong> . . . <strong>in glory’:</strong> The phrases within the single quotes may have been taken from a well-known saying or possibly from a song sung by the first-century Christians. (Compare <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/29/0">study note on Eph 5:19</a>.) Scholars base this conclusion on the structure, the sentence rhythm, and the parallelism of the original Greek text.</p> <p id="p57" data-pid="57" class="s5"><strong>was made manifest in flesh:</strong> This phrase applies to Jesus, apparently from the time of his baptism in the Jordan River. (See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/30/0">study note on Mt 3:17</a>.) At that moment, Jesus of Nazareth became Jehovah’s Anointed One, or Messiah. Though his origin was in heaven, Jesus was a perfect flesh-and-blood human and often referred to himself as “the Son of man.”​—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/62/0" data-bid="63-1" class="b">Mt 8:20</a>; see Glossary, “<a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/31/0">Son of man</a>.”</p> <p id="p58" data-pid="58" class="s5"><strong>was declared righteous in spirit:</strong> This phrase refers to the time when Jehovah resurrected his Son from the dead to life as a spirit. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/63/0" data-bid="64-1" class="b">1Pe 3:18</a>) Upon resurrecting Jesus, Jehovah granted him immortal life. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/64/0" data-bid="65-1" class="b">Ro 6:9;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/64/1" data-bid="65-2" class="b"> 1Ti 6:16</a>) God thus confirmed that Jesus had proved righteous in every way.​—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/32/0">study note on Ro 1:4</a>.</p> <p id="p59" data-pid="59" class="s5"><strong>appeared to angels:</strong> After his resurrection, Jesus appeared to unfaithful angels, or demons, and pronounced God’s judgment on them. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/65/0" data-bid="66-1" class="b">1Pe 3:18-20</a>) These angels, the ones who rebelled in Noah’s day, are now in figurative bonds. They exist in deep spiritual darkness, and they are apparently restrained from materializing in human form.​—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/66/0" data-bid="67-1" class="b">2Pe 2:4;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/66/1" data-bid="67-2" class="b"> Jude 6</a>.</p> <p id="p60" data-pid="60" class="s5"><strong>was preached about among nations:</strong> After Pentecost 33 C.E., Christians began preaching to circumcised Jews and proselytes, including those who had been living among the Gentile nations. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/67/0" data-bid="68-1" class="b">Ac 2:5-11</a>) Later, the message was spread among the Samaritans. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/68/0" data-bid="69-1" class="b">Ac 8:5-17,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/68/1" data-bid="69-2" class="b"> 25</a>) Then, in 36 C.E., Peter witnessed to Cornelius and other uncircumcised Gentiles who had assembled in the home of Cornelius. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/69/0" data-bid="70-1" class="b">Ac 10:24,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/69/1" data-bid="70-2" class="b"> 34-43</a>) Paul, Timothy, and other missionaries later declared the good news in Asia Minor and Europe. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/70/0" data-bid="71-1" class="b">Ac 16:10-12</a>) About 60-61 C.E., Paul could write that the Christian message had been “preached in all creation under heaven.”​—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/71/0" data-bid="72-1" class="b">Col 1:23</a> and <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/33/0">study note</a>; see also <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/72/0" data-bid="73-1" class="b">Ac 17:6;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/72/1" data-bid="73-2" class="b"> Ro 1:8;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/72/2" data-bid="73-3" class="b"> 15:24,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/72/3" data-bid="73-4" class="b"> 28;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/72/4" data-bid="73-5" class="b"> Col 1:6</a>; <a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/0">App. B13</a>; and Media Gallery, “<a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/1">Pentecost 33 C.E. and the Spreading of the Good News</a>.”</p> <p id="p61" data-pid="61" class="s5"><strong>was believed upon in the world:</strong> The first-century Christians spread the good news about Jesus “to the ends of the earth.” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/73/0" data-bid="74-1" class="b">Ac 1:8</a> and <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/34/0">study note</a>) As a result, people in various parts of the world became believers. For example, in the book of Acts, we read of new believers in Pisidian Antioch, Lystra, and Iconium (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/74/0" data-bid="75-1" class="b">Ac 13:48;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/74/1" data-bid="75-2" class="b"> 14:21,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/74/2" data-bid="75-3" class="b"> 23</a>), Philippi (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/75/0" data-bid="76-1" class="b">Ac 16:12,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/75/1" data-bid="76-2" class="b"> 33, 34</a>), Thessalonica (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/76/0" data-bid="77-1" class="b">Ac 17:1,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/76/1" data-bid="77-2" class="b"> 4</a>), Beroea (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/77/0" data-bid="78-1" class="b">Ac 17:10-12</a>), Athens (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/78/0" data-bid="79-1" class="b">Ac 17:16,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/78/1" data-bid="79-2" class="b"> 34</a>), and Ephesus (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/79/0" data-bid="80-1" class="b">Ac 19:17-20</a>).</p> <p id="p62" data-pid="62" class="s5"><strong>was received up in glory:</strong> Here Paul refers to Jesus’ ascension to heaven. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/80/0" data-bid="81-1" class="b">Ac 1:9, 10</a>) Jehovah placed Jesus at His right hand, giving him more glory than any other creature in the universe.​—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/81/0" data-bid="82-1" class="b">Mt 28:18;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/81/1" data-bid="82-2" class="b"> Joh 17:5;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/81/2" data-bid="82-3" class="b"> Php 2:9;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070793/81/3" data-bid="82-4" class="b"> Heb 1:3, 4</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group media"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Media</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="scalableui item"><div class="clearfix"><a class="galleryItem" href="/en/wol/gallery/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/1001072330#chapter=3"><img class="studyItemMedia" src="/en/wol/gallery/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/1001072330/thumbnail" data-img-large-src="/en/wol/mp/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/2024/1015" ><span class="caption"><p>“He Was Made Manifest in Flesh”</p> </span></a></div></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/3/70" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-71"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 1:14; Php 2:7</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-71" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-71" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/3/71" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-72"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Pe 3:18</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-72" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-72" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/3/72" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-73"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Pe 3:19, 20</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-73" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div 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data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p170" data-pid="170" class="se"></p> <p id="p171" data-pid="171" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/216/0"><em>Close to Jehovah,</em> p. 196</a></p> <p id="p172" data-pid="172" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/217/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> pp. 605-606,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/218/0"> 971-972</a></p> <p id="p173" data-pid="173" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/219/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> pp. 72,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/220/0"> 838</a></p> <div id="p174" data-pid="174"><p data-pid="174" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/221/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="174" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/221/0">9/15/2008, p. 31</a></p><p data-pid="174" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/222/0">6/15/2008, p. 13</a></p><p data-pid="174" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/223/0">2/15/2006, p. 19</a></p><p data-pid="174" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/224/0">10/15/1997, p. 11</a></p><p data-pid="174" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/225/0">3/1/1990, pp. 18-23</a></p><p data-pid="174" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/226/0">1/15/1990, pp. 10-20</a></p><p data-pid="174" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/227/0">12/15/1988, p. 6</a></p> </div><p id="p175" data-pid="175" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/228/0"><em>Worship God,</em> p. 57</a></p> <p id="p176" data-pid="176" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p42" data-pid="42" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/40/0">cl 196;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/40/2"> it-1 605-606,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/40/4"> 971-972;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/40/6"> it-2 72,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/40/8"> 838;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/40/10"> w08 6/15 13;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/40/12"> w08 9/15 31;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/40/14"> w06 2/15 19;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/40/16"> wt 57;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/40/18"> w97 10/15 11;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/40/20"> w90 1/15 10-20;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/40/23"> w90 3/1 18-23;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/40/25"> w88 12/15 6;</a></p> <p id="p43" data-pid="43" class="sx"></p> <p id="p50" data-pid="50" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/48/0">w85 12/1 10;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/48/2"> w84 11/1 24-25;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/48/4"> uw 52;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/48/6"> g79 10/8 16;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/48/8"> w77 244-247;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/48/12"> lp 72;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/48/14"> w75 119-120;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/48/17"> w75 286;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/48/19"> g72 3/22 7;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/48/21"> g72 6/22 6-7;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/48/23"> ad 667;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/48/24"> w69 181;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/48/25"> w68 650-651;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/48/26"> w56 239;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/48/27"> w53 22;</a><span class="ni"> lg 105;</span><span class="ni"> rm 257;</span><span class="ni"> w48 260;</span><span class="ni"> tf 247;</span><span class="ni"> w42 282</span></p> <p id="p51" data-pid="51" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div> </div> <div id="studyParallel" class="studyPane tabContent"> <div class="section"> <h3 class="title">Parallel Translations</h3> <div class="helpText">Click a verse number to display parallel Bible verses.</div> <div class="parallel"> <div class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div> <div class="extract"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="studyMarginals" class="studyPane tabContent"> <div class="section marginalsGeneral"><h3 class="title"><span class="sectionIcon"></span><span class="scalableui">General</span></h3><div class="content categorizedMarginal"><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/3/51/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-52-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">1 Tim. 3:1</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 20:28; Tit 1:5-9</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-52-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div 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class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ro 12:3; 1Pe 4:7</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-54-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-54-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/3/54/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-55-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">1 Tim. 3:2</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 28:7; 1Pe 4:9</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-55-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-55-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" 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class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">1 Tim. 3:3</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ro 12:18; Jas 3:18</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-59-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-59-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/3/59/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-60-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">1 Tim. 3:3</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Heb 13:5; 1Pe 5:2</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-60-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-60-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/3/60/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-61-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">1 Tim. 3:4</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eph 6:4</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-61-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-61-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/3/61/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-62-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">1 Tim. 3:6</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Ti 5:22</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-62-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-62-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/3/62/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-63-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">1 Tim. 3:7</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 22:12; 1Th 4:11, 12</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-63-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-63-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/3/63/1" 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3:1-16</div> </div> <div id="content" class="content"> <div class="articlePositioner" lang="en" data-lang="E" dir="ltr"> <div id="banner" class="documentBanner showRuby ml-E ms-ROMAN dir-ltr" lang="en" data-lang="E" dir="ltr"> </div> <article id="article" class="article bible html5 pub-nwtsty jwac showRuby ml-E ms-ROMAN dir-ltr includeSecondaryNav" lang="en" data-lang="E" dir="ltr" role="article"> <div class="scalableui"> <header> <h1>The First to Timothy</h1> </header> <p id="p12" data-pid="12" class="sb"><span id="v54-3-1-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070158/29824" class="cl vx vp study"><strong>3</strong> </a>This statement is trustworthy: If a man is reaching out to be an overseer,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070158/51" data-bid="52-1" class="b">+</a> he is desirous of a fine work. </span><span id="v54-3-2-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070158/29825" class="vl vx vp study">2 </a>The overseer should therefore be irreprehensible,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070158/52" data-bid="53-1" class="b">+</a> a husband of one wife, moderate in habits, sound in mind,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070158/53" data-bid="54-1" class="b">+</a> orderly, hospitable,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070158/54" data-bid="55-1" class="b">+</a> qualified to teach,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070158/55" data-bid="56-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v54-3-3-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070158/29826" class="vl vx vp study">3 </a>not a drunkard,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070158/56" data-bid="57-1" class="b">+</a> not violent, but reasonable,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070158/57" data-bid="58-1" class="b">+</a> not quarrelsome,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070158/58" data-bid="59-1" class="b">+</a> not a lover of money,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070158/59" data-bid="60-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v54-3-4-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070158/29827" class="vl vx vp study">4 </a>a man presiding over his own household in a fine manner, having his children in subjection with all seriousness<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070158/60" data-bid="61-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v54-3-5-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070158/29828" class="vl vx vp study">5 </a>(for if any man does not know how to preside over<a id="footnotesource6" data-fnid="6" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070158/5">*</a> his own household, how will he care for the congregation of God?), </span><span id="v54-3-6-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070158/29829" class="vl vx vp study">6 </a>not a newly converted man,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070158/61" data-bid="62-1" class="b">+</a> for fear that he might get puffed up with pride and fall into the judgment passed on the Devil. </span><span id="v54-3-7-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070158/29830" class="vl vx vp study">7 </a>Moreover, he should also have a fine testimony<a id="footnotesource7" data-fnid="7" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070158/6">*</a> from outsiders<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070158/62" data-bid="63-1" class="b">+</a> so that he does not fall into reproach<a id="footnotesource8" data-fnid="8" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070158/7">*</a> and a snare of the Devil.</span></p> <p id="p13" data-pid="13" class="sb"><span id="v54-3-8-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070158/29831" class="vl vx vp study">8 </a>Ministerial servants<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070158/63" data-bid="64-1" class="b">+</a> should likewise be serious, not double-tongued, not indulging in a lot of wine, not greedy of dishonest gain,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070158/64" data-bid="65-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v54-3-9-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070158/29832" class="vl vx vp study">9 </a>holding the sacred secret of the faith with a clean conscience.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070158/65" data-bid="66-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p14" data-pid="14" class="sb"><span id="v54-3-10-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070158/29833" class="vl vx vp">10 </a>Also, let these be tested as to fitness<a id="footnotesource9" data-fnid="9" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070158/8">*</a> first; then let them serve as ministers, as they are free from accusation.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070158/66" data-bid="67-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p15" data-pid="15" class="sb"><span id="v54-3-11-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070158/29834" class="vl vx vp study">11 </a>Women should likewise be serious, not slanderous,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070158/67" data-bid="68-1" class="b">+</a> moderate in habits, faithful in all things.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070158/68" data-bid="69-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p16" data-pid="16" class="sb"><span id="v54-3-12-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070158/29835" class="vl vx vp study">12 </a>Let ministerial servants be husbands of one wife, presiding in a fine manner over their children and their own households. </span><span id="v54-3-13-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070158/29836" class="vl vx vp study">13 </a>For the men who minister in a fine manner are acquiring for themselves a fine standing and great freeness of speech in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.</span></p> <p id="p17" data-pid="17" class="sb"><span id="v54-3-14-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070158/29837" class="vl vp">14 </a>I am writing you these things, though I am hoping to come to you shortly, </span><span id="v54-3-15-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070158/29838" class="vl vx vp study">15 </a>but in case I am delayed, so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in God’s household,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070158/69" data-bid="70-1" class="b">+</a> which is the congregation of the living God, a pillar and support of the truth. 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