1 Timothy 3:10
And let these also first be proved; then let them serve as deacons, being without reproach.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
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[Their] wives in like manner must be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 1:8who will also confirm you unto the end, unaccused in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Timothy 3:2The overseer then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, discreet, orderly, hospitable, apt in teaching;
1 Timothy 3:13For they that have served well as deacons obtain for themselves a good degree[3:13], and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Titus 1:6if any one is without reproach, the husband of one wife, having believing children not accused of rioting 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 →