1 Timothy 3:10
And let these also first be proved; then let them serve as deacons, if they are without reproach.
Noyes Bible
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.
11The women in like manner must be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 1:8who will also make you steadfast to the end, so that ye may be without blame in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Timothy 3:2A bishop 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, gain for themselves a good standing, 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, that are not accused of dissoluteness, 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 →