1 Timothy 3:10
And these things should be proven first, and then they may minister, being without offense.
Catholic Public Domain Version
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 to the mystery of the faith with a pure conscience.
11Similarly, the women must be chaste, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 1:8And he, too, will strengthen you, even until the end, without guilt, until the day of the advent of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Timothy 3:2Therefore, it is necessary for a bishop to be beyond reproach, the husband of one wife, sober, prudent, gracious, chaste, hospitable, a teacher,
1 Timothy 3:13For those who have ministered well will acquire for themselves a good position, and much confidence in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Titus 1:6if such a man is without offense, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of self-indulgence, nor of insubordination.
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 →