1 Timothy 3:12

The ministers shall be (of them) severally who have one wife, and shall rule each his children and his household well.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

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

In Context

11Thus also must the woman be chaste, and they shall be vigilant (in their) minds, and faithful in every thing; and they shall not be accusers.

13For they who minister well, a good degree acquire for themselves, and much openness of face in the faith of Jeshu Meshiha.

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Cross References

Philippians 1:1PAULOS and Timotheus, servants of Jeshu the Meshiha, to all the saints who are in Jeshu Meshiha at Philipos, with the presbyters and deacons.

1 Timothy 3:4and (one who) ruleth his house well, holding his children in subjection with all purity.

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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