1 Timothy 3:11
The wives likewise, be honorable, not slanderous, without wine, faithful in all things.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
In Context
10And let these also first be proven, then being blameless, let them serve as deacons.
12Let helpers be husbands of one wife, ruling children and their own houses well.
Cross References
Leviticus 21:7They shall not take a woman who is a harlot, or profane, neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband, for he is holy to his God.
Psalms 15:3he who does no slander with his tongue, nor does evil to his friend, nor takes up a reproach against his neighbor,
Psalms 101:5He who slanders his neighbor secretly, him I will destroy. He who has a high look and a proud heart I will not endure.
Proverbs 25:13As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, [is] a faithful messenger to those who send him, for he refreshes the soul of his masters.
Ezekiel 44:22Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her who is put away, but they shall take virgins of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.
Luke 1:5It came to pass in the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a certain priest, named Zacharias, from the division of Abijah, and his wife was from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
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 →