1 Timothy 3:13
For 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.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
12Let Deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their houses well.
14I am writing these things to you, though I am hoping to come to you before long;
Cross References
Matthew 20:28Even as the Son of man did not come to have servants, but to be a servant, and to give his life for the salvation of men.
Luke 16:10He who is true in a little, is true in much; he who is false in small things, is false in great.
Acts 6:5And this saying was pleasing to all of them: and they made selection of Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip and Prochorus and Nicanor and Timon and Parmenas and Nicolas of Antioch, who had become a Jew:
Acts 6:15And all those who were in the Sanhedrin, looking at him, saw that his face was like the face of an angel.
Romans 12:7Or the position of a Deacon of the church, let a man give himself to it; or he who has the power of teaching, let him make use of it;
Philippians 1:14And most of the brothers in the Lord, taking heart because of my chains, are all the stronger to give the word of God without fear.
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 →