1 Timothy 3:10
And let these be first proved, then let them minister, being without charge [against them].
Darby Translation
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 the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
11[The] women in like manner grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 1:8who shall also confirm you to [the] end, unimpeachable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Timothy 3:2The overseer then must be irreproachable, husband of one wife, sober, discreet, decorous, hospitable, apt to teach;
1 Timothy 3:13for those who shall have ministered well obtain for themselves a good degree, and much boldness in faith which [is] in Christ Jesus.
Titus 1:6if any one be free from all charge [against him], husband of one wife, having believing children not accused of excess or unruly.
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 →