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1 Timothy 3 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for 1 Timothy 3, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

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preachers & commentators

1 Timothy 3 in the Greek

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Greek Transliteration Strong's Count KJV renderings
προΐστημι proḯstēmi G4291 3 maintain, be over, rule
οἶκος oîkos G3624 4 home, house, temple
διάβολος diábolos G1228 3 false accuser, devil, slanderer
νηφάλιος nēpháleos G3524 2 sober
δεῖ deî G1163 3 behoved, be meet, must, need
καλός kalós G2570 3 better, fair, good, honest
σεμνός semnós G4586 2 grave, honest

How preachers through history handled this text

14 public-domain excerpts on 1 Timothy 3, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry 4 Spurgeon 4 Calvin 3 Chrysostom 2 John Wesley 1

“The church is the house of God; he dwells there. The church holds forth the Scripture and the doctrine of Christ, as a pillar holds forth a proclamation. When a church ceases to be the pillar and ground of truth, we may and ought to forsake her; for our regard to truth should be first and greatest. The mystery of godliness is Christ. He is God, who was made flesh, and was manifest in the flesh. God was pleased to manifest himself to man, by his own Son taking the nature of man. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 1 Timothy 3:14–30 (Public Domain)

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