1 Timothy 3:12

Assistants should be faithful partners who manage their children and their households well.

Open English Bible (US)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

11It should be the same with the women in this office. They should be serious, not gossips, sober, and trustworthy in all respects.

13Those who have filled that post with honor gain for themselves an honorable position, as well as great confidence through the faith that they place in Christ Jesus.

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Cross References

Philippians 1:1To all Christ’s people at Philippi, with the supervisors and assistants, from Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus.

1 Timothy 3:4they should provide for their own household well, and their children should be kept under control and be well-behaved.

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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