1 Timothy 3:13
For those who have served well acquire for themselves a good standing and great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.
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In Context
12Deacons must be husbands of one wife. They must manage well their children and household.
14I am writing these things to you, and I expect to come to you soon.
Cross References
Matthew 20:28just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Luke 16:10He who is faithful in very little is also faithful in much, and he who is unrighteous in very little is also unrighteous in much.
Acts 6:5Their speech pleased the whole multitude. So they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte from Antioch.
Acts 6:15Everyone who sat in the council fixed their eyes on him and saw his face was like the face of an angel.
Romans 12:7If one's gift is service, let him serve. If one has the gift of teaching, let him teach.
Philippians 1:14Most of the brothers have far more confidence in the Lord because of my chains, and they have courage to fearlessly speak the word.
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 →