1 Timothy 3:9
They must stick to the revealed truth about God, trusting in him with a pure conscience.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
In Context
10They should be tried out first, and if they can't be faulted then let them serve as deacons.
Cross References
1 Timothy 1:19Keep on trusting God and make sure you have a clear conscience. Some have refused to do this and have shipwrecked their trust in God.
2 John 1:9All those who become extremists and don't continue to follow the teaching of Christ don't have God with them. Those who continue to follow the teaching of Christ have both the Father and the Son with them.
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 →