1 Timothy 3:10
And these are to be proved first, and then to minister, being without blame.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
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 they shall hold the mystery of the faith with a pure conscience.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 1:8who will confirm you to the end, that you may be without fault in the day of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.
1 Timothy 3:2But it behoveth that a presbyter be as that blame be not found in him; and that he be the husband of one wife; (a man) who is of a vigilant mind, chaste, and orderly, and a lover of guests, and instructful;
1 Timothy 3:13For they who minister well, a good degree acquire for themselves, and much openness of face in the faith of Jeshu Meshiha.
Titus 1:6Him who is without blame, and is the husband of one wife, and who hath believing children, who are not vicious nor addicted to intemperance.
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 →