1 Timothy 3:1

Which verses does 1 Timothy 3:1 point to?

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1. Titus 1:715 votes

   As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money.

2. Acts 20:2813 votes

   Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.

3. 1 Peter 5:28 votes

   Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;

4. 1 Peter 2:257 votes

   For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

5. 1 Timothy 1:156 votes

   This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst.

6. James 5:19–206 votes

   My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back, consider this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and cover over a multitude of sins.

7. Luke 15:105 votes

   In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”

8. Philippians 1:15 votes

   Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons:

9. 1 Timothy 3:2–75 votes

   An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money. …

10. 1 Timothy 4:95 votes

    This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance.

11. 2 Timothy 2:115 votes
12. Hebrews 12:155 votes
13. Acts 1:204 votes
14. Ephesians 4:124 votes
15. Titus 3:84 votes
16. Proverbs 11:303 votes
17. Romans 11:133 votes
18. 1 Thessalonians 5:143 votes
19. 1 Peter 4:153 votes

Which verses point to 1 Timothy 3:1?

Ranked by reader votes.

• 1 Timothy 1:15 8
• Matthew 26:10 5
• Philippians 1:1 5
• Titus 1:7 4
• Numbers 4:3 2
• Deuteronomy 18:6 2
• 1 Chronicles 15:16 2
• 2 Timothy 2:11 2