1 Timothy 3:12
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
In Context
11Their wives likewise must be grave, not slanderers, watchful, faithful in all things.
Cross References
Philippians 1:1Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus that are in Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:
1 Timothy 3:4one that rules his own house well; having his children in subjection with all gravity:
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 →