1 Timothy 3:12
Let [the] ministers be husbands of one wife, conducting [their] children and their own houses well:
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
In Context
11[The] women in like manner grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
Cross References
Philippians 1:1Paul and Timotheus, bondmen of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with [the] overseers and ministers;
1 Timothy 3:4conducting 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 →