1 Timothy 3:12
Let deacons be the husbands of one wife: who rule well their children, and their own houses.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
In Context
11The women in like manner chaste, not slanderers, but sober, faithful in all things.
Cross References
Philippians 1:1Paul and Timothy, the servants of Jesus Christ; to all the saints in Christ Jesus, who are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons.
1 Timothy 3:4One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all chastity.
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 →