1 Timothy 3:9
But they shall hold the mystery of the faith with a pure conscience.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
In Context
10And these are to be proved first, and then to minister, being without blame.
Cross References
1 Timothy 1:19For those who this have put away from them of faith have been emptied;
2 John 1:9Every one who transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of the Meshiha, hath not Aloha. He who abideth in his doctrine, this hath both the Father and the Son.
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 →