1 Timothy 3:13
For they that minister well get them selves good degre and greate libertie in the fayth which is in Christ Iesu.
Tyndale New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
14These thinges write I vnto the trustinge to come shortly vnto the:
Cross References
Matthew 20:28even as the sonne of man came not to be ministred vnto but to minister and to geve his lyfe for the redempcion of many.
Luke 16:10He that is faithfull in that which is leste the same is faithfull in moche. And he that is vnfaithfull in the least: is vnfaithfull also in moche.
Acts 6:5And the sayinge pleased the whoale multitude. And they chose Steven a man full of fayth and of the holy goost and Philip and Prochorus and Nichanor and Timon and Permenas and Nicholas a converte of Antioche.
Acts 6:15And all that sate in the counsell loked stedfastly on him and sawe his face as it had bene the face of an angell.
Romans 12:7Let him that hath an office wayte on his office. Let him that teacheth take hede to his doctrine.
Philippians 1:14In so moche that many of the brethren in the lorde are boldned thorow my bodes and dare more largely speake the worde with out feare.
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 →