1 Timothy 3:10
And let these first be put to the test; then let them become Deacons if there is nothing against them.
Bible in Basic English
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
9Keeping the secret of the faith in a heart free from sin.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 1:8Who will give you strength to the end, to be free from all sin in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Timothy 3:2The Bishop, then, is to be a man of good name, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, serious-minded, having respect for order, opening his house freely to guests, a ready teacher;
1 Timothy 3:13For those who have done good work as Deacons get for themselves a good position and become free from fear in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Titus 1:6Men having a good record, husbands of one wife, whose children are of the faith, children of whom it may not be said that they are given to loose living or are uncontrolled.
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 →