1 Timothy 3:9

but people who hold the deep truths of the faith and have a clear conscience.

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In The King James Version

Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

In Context

8So, too, assistants should be serious and straightforward, not given to taking much drink or to questionable money-making,

10They should be tested first, and only appointed to their office if no objection is raised against them.

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Cross References

1 Timothy 1:19with faith, and with a clear conscience; and it is because they have thrust this aside, that, as regards the faith, some have wrecked their lives.

2 John 1:9Anyone who goes beyond and fails to live inside of the teaching of Christ does not have God. The person who lives inside that teaching – they have both the Father and the Son.

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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