1 How true is this saying: ‘To aspire to be a supervisor in the church is to be ambitious for a noble task.’
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1 Timothy 3
Open English Bible, US Edition, Verse 1
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to 1 Timothy 3:1. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.
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Greek Textus Receptus
Greek · Greek New Testament · Public Domain
Coverage: New Testament
Greek New Testament source layer with imported morphology.
Πιστὸς ὁ λόγος· εἴ τις ἐπισκοπῆς ὀρέγεται, καλοῦ ἔργου ἐπιθυμεῖ.
10 word entries
Πιστὸς
ὁ
λόγος
εἴ
τις
ἐπισκοπῆς
ὀρέγεται
καλοῦ
ἔργου
Tischendorf / Westcott-Hort Greek New Testament
Greek · Greek New Testament · Public Domain
Coverage: New Testament sample / proof panel
Proof-of-flow source panel, not full coverage.
Πιστὸς ὁ λόγος· εἴ τις ἐπισκοπῆς ὀρέγεται, καλοῦ ἔργου ἐπιθυμεῖ.
10 word entries
ὁ
λόγος·
Syriac Peshitta New Testament
Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License
Coverage: New Testament
Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.
ܡܗܝܡܢܐ ܗܝ ܡܠܬܐ ܕܐܢ ܐܢܫ ܪܐܓ ܩܫܝܫܘܬܐ ܥܒܕܐ ܛܒܐ ܪܐܓ
10 word entries
ܡܗܝܡܢܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܡܗܝܡܢܐ
- Transliteration
- mhymn'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 51
ܗܝ
- Confidence
- medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
- Lemma
- ܗܝ
- Transliteration
- hi
- Morphology
- pronoun/copula, feminine singular
- Gloss
- she, it, is
- Occurrences
- 403
ܡܠܬܐ
- Confidence
- medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
- Lemma
- ܡܠܬܐ
- Transliteration
- meltha
- Morphology
- noun, feminine emphatic singular
- Gloss
- word, matter
- Occurrences
- 143
ܕܐܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܕܐܢ
- Transliteration
- d'n
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 83
ܐܢܫ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܐܢܫ
- Transliteration
- 'nsh
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 323
ܪܐܓ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܪܐܓ
- Transliteration
- r'g
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 3
ܩܫܝܫܘܬܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܩܫܝܫܘܬܐ
- Transliteration
- qshyshwt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 1
ܥܒܕܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܥܒܕܐ
- Transliteration
- 'bd'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 132
ܛܒܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܛܒܐ
- Transliteration
- tb'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 75
ܪܐܓ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܪܐܓ
- Transliteration
- r'g
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 3
Latin Vulgate Clementine
Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Fidelis sermo: si quis episcopatum desiderat, bonum opus desiderat.
9 word entries
fidelis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- fidelis
- Transliteration
- fidelis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 132
sermo
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sermo
- Transliteration
- sermo
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 626
si
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- si
- Transliteration
- si
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1970
quis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- quis
- Transliteration
- quis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 1619
episcopatum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- episcopatus
- Transliteration
- episcopatum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 3
desiderat
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- desidero
- Transliteration
- desiderat
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 63
bonum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- bonus
- Transliteration
- bonum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 847
opus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- opus
- Transliteration
- opus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 656
desiderat
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- desidero
- Transliteration
- desiderat
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 63
Ranked cross references
Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.
Titus 1:7
For a supervisor, as God’s steward, ought to be of blameless character – not arrogant or quick-tempered, not given to drunkeness, violence or shady money-making.
14 relevance votesActs 20:28
Be watchful over yourselves, and over the whole flock, of which the Holy Spirit has placed you in charge, to shepherd the church of God, which he won for himself at the cost of his life.
13 relevance votes1 Peter 5:2
I beg you to be true shepherds of the flock of God among you, not because you are compelled, but of your own free will; not from a base love of gain, but with a ready spirit;
8 relevance votes1 Peter 2:25
Once you were straying like sheep, but now you have returned to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.
7 relevance votes1 Timothy 1:15
How true the saying is, and worthy of the fullest acceptance, that ‘Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners’! And there is no greater sinner than I!
6 relevance votes2 Timothy 2:11
How true this saying is – ‘If we have shared his death, we will also share his life.
5 relevance votesLuke 15:10
So, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of God’s angels over one outcast who repents.”
5 relevance votesHebrews 12:15
Take care that no one fails to use the loving help of God, ‘that no bitterness is allowed to take root and spring up, and cause trouble,’ and so poison the whole community.
5 relevance votes1 Timothy 4:9
How true that saying is and worthy of the fullest acceptance!
5 relevance votesPhilippians 1:1
To all Christ’s people at Philippi, with the supervisors and assistants, from Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus.
5 relevance votesEphesians 4:12
to fit his people for the work of the ministry, for the building up of the body of the Christ.
4 relevance votesActs 1:20
“For in the book of Psalms,” Peter continued, “it is said – ‘Let his home become desolate, and let no one live in it’; and also – ‘His office let another take.’
4 relevance votes