1 Timothy 3:11
Their wives likewise must be grave, not slanderers, watchful, faithful in all things.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
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 be first proved, then let them become deacons, being blameless.
12Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
Cross References
Luke 1:5There was, in the days of Herod the king of Judea, a certain priest, named Zachariah, of the class of Abijah; and his wife was of 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 →