1 Timothy 3:13
For they who minister well, a good degree acquire for themselves, and much openness of face in the faith of Jeshu Meshiha.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
14These I write to thee, hoping soon to come to thee;
Cross References
Matthew 20:28So, the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life the redemption for many.
Luke 16:10Whoever in the little is faithful, in the great also is faithful; and he who in the little is unjust, in the great also is unjust.
Acts 6:5And this saying was pleasing before all the people; and they chose Estephanos, a man who was full of faith and the Spirit of Holiness; and Philipos, and Prokoros, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmena, and Nikolos, a proselyte of Antiokia.
Acts 6:15And all they who sat in the assembly looked upon him, and saw his face as the face of an angel.
Romans 12:7Hath (another the gift) of ministry? (let him be employed) in his ministry; he who is a teacher, (let him labour) in his teaching;
Philippians 1:14And a multitude of brethren who are in our Lord are strengthened on account of my bonds, and have dared the more fearlessly to speak the word of Aloha.
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 →