1 Timothy 3:11
It should be the same with the women in this office. They should be serious, not gossips, sober, and trustworthy in all respects.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
In Context
12Assistants should be faithful partners who manage their children and their households well.
Cross References
Psalms 15:3on whose tongue there sits no slander, who will not harm a friend,
Psalms 101:5Who slanders their neighbor in secret, I bring them to silence: haughty looks and proud hearts I will not abide.
Luke 1:5In the reign of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the division called after Abijah. His wife, whose name was Elizabeth, was also a descendant of Aaron.
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 →