This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer{Or, bishop}, he desires a good work.
". . . while the synagogal eldership did influence church eldership, the influence was of a general nature." [Note: David A. Mappes, "The ’Elder’ in the Old and New Testaments," Bibliotheca Sacra 154:613 (January-March 1997):92.] 