1 Timothy 3:10
And let these also first be proven, then being blameless, let them serve as deacons.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
In Context
9holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
11The wives likewise, be honorable, not slanderous, without wine, faithful in all things.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 1:8who will also confirm you until the end, irreproachable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Timothy 3:2The overseer therefore must be blameless, the husband of one wife, without wine, serious minded, disciplined, loving strangers, able to teach,
1 Timothy 3:13For those who serve well will acquire to themselves a good standing, and much boldness in the faith in Christ Jesus.
Titus 1:6if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having believing children, not with an accusation of debauchery or insubordinate.
Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 3:9-14
Qualifications of Deacons. ( a. d. 64.) 8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; 9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. 10 And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless. 11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. 12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. 13 For they that have used… Read the whole commentary →