1 Timothy 3:10
And let these also first be proved: and so let them minister, having no crime.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 faith in a pure conscience.
11The women in like manner chaste, not slanderers, but sober, faithful in all things.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 1:8Who also will confirm you unto the end without crime, in the day of the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Timothy 3:2It behoveth therefore a bishop to be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, prudent, of good behaviour, chaste, given to hospitality, a teacher,
1 Timothy 3:13For they that have ministered well, shall purchase to themselves a good degree, and much confidence in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Titus 1:6If any be without crime, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of riot, 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 →