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1Ti 3:1. Πιστὸς ὁ λόγος, this is a faithful saying) This preface is used, because it does not seem so to the world.-ὀρέγεται-ἐπιθυμεῖ) There is here great propriety in the words: ὀρέγω, to stretch out, thence ὀρέγομαι, to ask eagerly with outstretched hand, to grasp: ἐπιθυμία of the mind, seeking τὸ καλὸν, a good thing, produces ὄρεξιν; again ὄρεξις indicates ἐπιθυμίαν: ὀρέγεσθαι, φεύγειν, are opposed to each other: see Arist. 1, Rhet. 10, n. 12. In human affairs, those things are more agreeable, which a man confers or performs of his own accord, than when he is asked: how much more in the affairs of religion? 1Co 16:15, at the end. But away with sacrilegious solicitation of favour and interest. There were not wanting persons who wished to obtain it, Jam 3:1. Paul does not altogether reject their desire, but he reduces it to order.-καλοῦ) an honourable good, excellent, demanding noble virtues. To this is to be referred the then or therefore (οὖν) in the following verse.-ἔργου, work) It is a work, a business, not ease; Act 15:38; Php 2:30.