{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/ylt/1-timothy/3","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T10:20:12.921Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"1 Timothy","bookSlug":"1-timothy","chapter":3,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":2,"nextChapter":4,"totalChapters":6,"totalVerses":16},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Stedfast is the word: If any one the oversight doth long for, a right work he desireth;"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre, but gentle, not contentious, not a lover of money,"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"his own house leading well, having children in subjection with all gravity,"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"(and if any one his own house how to lead hath not known, how an assembly of God shall he take care of?)"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"not a new convert, lest having been puffed up he may fall to a judgment of the devil;"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"and it behoveth him also to have a good testimony from those without, that he may not fall into reproach and a snare of the devil."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Ministrants — in like manner grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not given to filthy lucre,"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"having the secret of the faith in a pure conscience,"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"and let these also first be proved, then let them minister, being unblameable."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Women — in like manner grave, not false accusers, vigilant, faithful in all things."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Ministrants — let them be of one wife husbands; the children leading well, and their own houses,"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"for those who did minister well a good step to themselves do acquire, and much boldness in faith that is in Christ Jesus."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"These things I write to thee, hoping to come unto thee soon,"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"and if I delay, that thou mayest know how it behoveth thee to conduct thyself in the house of God, which is an assembly of the living God — a pillar and foundation of the truth,"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"and, confessedly, great is the secret of piety — God was manifested in flesh, declared righteous in spirit, seen by messengers, preached among nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory!"}],"citation":{"inline":"1 Timothy 3 (YLT)","markdown":"[1 Timothy 3](https://primebible.com/ylt/1-timothy/3)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/1-timothy/3 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}