Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on 1 Timothy 3:1 in English Standard Version "The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task." Ac 20:28 Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood. 1Ti 1:15 The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.