1 Timothy 3:12

Let the deacons be the husbandes of one wyfe and suche as rule their chyldren well and their awne housholdes.

Tyndale New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

11Even so must their wynes be honest not evyll speakers: but sober and faythfull in all thinges.

13For they that minister well get them selves good degre and greate libertie in the fayth which is in Christ Iesu.

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Cross References

Philippians 1:1Paul and Timotheus the servauntes of Iesu Christ To all the sainctes in Christ Iesu which are at Philippos with the Bisshops and Deacons.

1 Timothy 3:4and one that rueleth his awne housse honestly havynge chyldren vnder obedience with all honeste.

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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