1 Timothy 3:10
And let them fyrst be proved and then let them minister yf they be founde fautlesse.
Tyndale New Testament
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
9but havynge the mistery of the fayth in pure conscience.
11Even so must their wynes be honest not evyll speakers: but sober and faythfull in all thinges.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 1:8which shall streght you vnto the ende that ye maye be blamelesse in the daye of oure lorde Iesus Christ.
1 Timothy 3:2Ye and a bisshope must be fautlesse the husband of one wyfe sober discrete honestly aparelled harberous apt to teache
1 Timothy 3:13For they that minister well get them selves good degre and greate libertie in the fayth which is in Christ Iesu.
Titus 1:6Yf eny be fautelesse the husbande of one wyfe havynge faythfull childre which are not selandred of royote nether are disobedient.
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 →