1 Timothy 3:13
For those who serve well will acquire to themselves a good standing, and much boldness in the faith in Christ Jesus.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
12Let helpers be husbands of one wife, ruling children and their own houses well.
14These things I write to thee, hoping to come to thee sooner,
Cross References
Matthew 20:28Just as the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Luke 16:10The man faithful in the least is faithful also in much, and the man unrighteous in the least is unrighteous also in much.
Acts 6:5And the word was pleasing before all the multitude. And they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte, a citizen of Antioch,
Acts 6:15And all who sat in the council, having gazed upon him, saw his face like a face of a heavenly agent.
Romans 12:7or service, in the service; or he who teaches, in the teaching;
Philippians 1:14And more of the brothers in Lord have been convinced by my bonds to be much more bold to speak the word fearlessly.
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 →