1 Timothy 3:11
The women in like manner chaste, not slanderers, but sober, faithful in all things.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
In Context
10And let these also first be proved: and so let them minister, having no crime.
12Let deacons be the husbands of one wife: who rule well their children, and their own houses.
Cross References
Leviticus 21:7They shall not take to wife a harlot or a vile prostitute, nor one that has been put away from her husband: because they are consecrated to their God,
Psalms 15:3He that speaketh truth in his heart, who hath not used deceit in his tongue: Nor hath done evil to his neighbour: nor taken up a reproach against his neighbours.
Psalms 101:5The man that in private detracted his neighbour, him did I persecute. With him that had a proud eye, and an unsatiable heart, I would not eat.
Proverbs 25:13As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to him that sent him, for he refresheth his soul.
Ezekiel 44:22Neither shall they take to wife a widow, nor one that is divorced, but they shall take virgins of the seed of the house of Israel: but they may take a widow also, that is, the widow of a priest.
Luke 1:5There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zachary, of the course of Abia; and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elizabeth.
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 →