They must hold the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience.
CHAPTER 3 1 Timothy 3:1-7 1. This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. 1. Certus sermo, si quis episcopatum appetit, praeclarum opus desiderat. 2. A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; 2.
Commenting on 1 Timothy 3:1-16
We have here the character of deacons: these had the care of the temporal concerns of the church, that is, the maintenance of the ministers and provision for the poor: they served tables, while the ministers or bishops gave themselves only to the ministry of the word and prayer, Act 6:2, Act 6:4.
Commenting on 1 Timothy 3:8-13
Holding the mystery of the faith,.... The doctrine of the Gospel, called the "faith", because it contains things to be believed; proposes Christ the object of faith; is the means by which faith comes, and is unprofitable without it: it is called "the mystery", because it is of divine revelation, and could have never been discovered by human reason; and now it is revealed, the...