1 Timothy 3:10
And let these also be first proved, then let them become deacons, being blameless.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
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.
11Their wives likewise must be grave, not slanderers, watchful, faithful in all things.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 1:8He also will establish you even to the end, and make you blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Timothy 3:2A bishop, then, must be blameless, the husband of one wife, watchful, soberminded, modest, hospitable, able to teach,
1 Timothy 3:13For those who have filled the office of a deacon well, gain for themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.
Titus 1:6if any one is blameless, the husband of one wife, if he has faithful children that are not accused of riotous living, or disobedient.
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 →