1 Timothy 3:12

Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling [their] children and their own houses well.

American Standard Version

In The King James Version

Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

In Context

11Women in like manner [must be] grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

13For they that have served well as deacons gain to themselves a good standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

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Cross References

Philippians 1:1Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus that 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 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 →

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