This is a trustworthy saying:“ If someone aspires to be a church leader, he desires an honorable position.”

“人若想要得监督的职分，就是羡慕善工。”这话是可信的。

“若有人想望监督的职分，他是在羡慕一件好事”，这话是可信的。

“若有人想望监督的职分，他是在羡慕一件好事”，这话是可信的。

“人若渴望做教会的监督，他是在爱慕尊贵的工作。”这句话千真万确。

“如果有人渴慕监督的职分，他就是爱慕善工。”这话是可信的。

“如果有人向往监督的职份，他就是在渴望一份美好的工作。”这话是信实的。

「人若想要得監督的職分，就是羨慕善工。」這話是可信的。

「若有人想望監督的職分，他是在羨慕一件好事」，這話是可信的。

「若有人想望監督的職分，他是在羨慕一件好事」，這話是可信的。

「人若渴望做教會的監督，他是在愛慕尊貴的工作。」這句話千真萬確。

“如果有人渴慕監督的職分，他就是愛慕善工。”這話是可信的。

常人有話說：『人若有志要求監督的職分、就是羨慕好的事工。』

「如果有人嚮往監督的職份，他就是在渴望一份美好的工作。」這話是信實的。

人慕監督之職、乃羨善工、誠哉是言、

欲為會督、慕善職也、誠哉是言、

人若慕以毘司可普毘司可普見腓立比一章一節小註之職、是慕善工也、誠哉此言、

『有志作司牧者、乃有志為善者也。』旨哉言乎！

Here is a trustworthy saying: Whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble task.

Here is a saying you can trust. If anyone wants to be a leader in the church, they want to do a good work for God and people.

The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task.

This saying is trustworthy:“ If anyone aspires to be an overseer, he desires a noble work.”

It is a trustworthy statement: if any man aspires to the office of overseer, it is a fine work he desires to do.

This is a faithful saying: If a man desires the position of a bishop, he desires a good work.

Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.

This saying is trustworthy:“ If anyone aspires to be an overseer, he desires a noble work.”

This[ is] a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.

This saying is trustworthy:“ If someone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a good work.”

This is a faithful saying: someone who seeks to be an overseer desires a good work.

“ So guard yourselves and God’s people. Feed and shepherd God’s flock— his church, purchased with his own blood— over which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as leaders.

Care for the flock that God has entrusted to you. Watch over it willingly, not grudgingly— not for what you will get out of it, but because you are eager to serve God.

This is a trustworthy saying, and everyone should accept it:“ Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners”— and I am the worst of them all.

Once you were like sheep who wandered away. But now you have turned to your Shepherd, the Guardian of your souls.

A church leader is a manager of God’s household, so he must live a blameless life. He must not be arrogant or quick tempered; he must not be a heavy drinker, violent, or dishonest with money.

This letter is from Paul and Timothy, slaves of Christ Jesus. I am writing to all of God’s holy people in Philippi who belong to Christ Jesus, including the church leaders and deacons.

Peter continued,“ This was written in the book of Psalms, where it says,‘ Let his home become desolate, with no one living in it.’ It also says,‘ Let someone else take his position.’

Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ.

This is a trustworthy saying: If we die with him, we will also live with him.

Look after each other so that none of you fails to receive the grace of God. Watch out that no poisonous root of bitterness grows up to trouble you, corrupting many.

My dear brothers and sisters, if someone among you wanders away from the truth and is brought back,you can be sure that whoever brings the sinner back from wandering will save that person from death and bring about the forgiveness of many sins.

This is a trustworthy saying, and everyone should accept it.

Brothers and sisters, we urge you to warn those who are lazy. Encourage those who are timid. Take tender care of those who are weak. Be patient with everyone.

So a church leader must be a man whose life is above reproach. He must be faithful to his wife. He must exercise self control, live wisely, and have a good reputation. He must enjoy having guests in his home, and he must be able to teach.He must not be a heavy drinker or be violent. He must be gentle, not quarrelsome, and not love money.He must manage his own family well, having children who respect and obey him.For if a man cannot manage his own household, how can he take care of God’s church?A church leader must not be a new believer, because he might become proud, and the devil would cause him to fall.Also, people outside the church must speak well of him so that he will not be disgraced and fall into the devil’s trap.

I am saying all this especially for you Gentiles. God has appointed me as the apostle to the Gentiles. I stress this,

The seeds of good deeds become a tree of life; a wise person wins friends.

This is a trustworthy saying, and I want you to insist on these teachings so that all who trust in God will devote themselves to doing good. These teachings are good and beneficial for everyone.

In the same way, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels when even one sinner repents.”

If you suffer, however, it must not be for murder, stealing, making trouble, or prying into other people’s affairs.