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Faithful is the saying (pistos ho logos). Here the phrase points to the preceding words (not like 1Ti 1:15) and should close the preceding paragraph.
If a man seeketh (ei tis oregetai). Condition of first class, assumed as true. Present middle indicative of oregō, old verb to reach out after something, governing the genitive. In N.T. only here, 1Ti 6:10; Heb 11:16.
The office of a bishop (episkopēs). Genitive case after oregetai. Late and rare word outside of lxx and N.T. (in a Lycaonian inscription). From episkopeō and means “over-seership” as in Act 1:20.