“In the King James Version of 1 Timothy 3: 1, Paul is wrongly recorded saying, “This is a true saying, If a man desires the office of a bishop, he desires a good work.” Again, the word “office is “not present in I Timothy 3: 1. The Greek word translated bishop is the single word episkopos, which means “to tend or to oversee.” So the word office was incorrectly placed in the verse and the word bishop was used to translate oversee, because the translators had bishops in King James’ day, and it seems that King James and his men wished to maintain their hierarchical positions of authority in the church. A proper translation of 1 Timothy 3: 1 would simply be, “If a person sets their heart on overseeing, it is an honorable work they desire to do.” There is no office of bishop at all in the text. It is just a person desiring a ministry of overseeing to which the Apostle is referring.” — Fraudulent Authority: Pastors Who Seek to Rule Over Others by Wade Burleson https://a.co/ac5BgHm