1 Timothy 3:13
for the[plural] serve[ing] well are-making-about-selves good step/level/degree/rank/position to{sameselves} and much all-say-ia in to{faith, the} in to{Anointed Jesus}.
Garth's Hyper-literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
14I-am-writing the-same to{you}, expect[ize]ing to-come toward you more-speedily.
Cross References
Matthew 20:28even-as the son of{the man} does_not_come to-be-served; contrariwise, to-serve and to-give the life of{same}, [a] price-of-release in-place-of of{many},"
Luke 16:10The faithful in to{least} also is-being faithful in to{much}, and the unjust in to{least} also is-being unjust in to{much}.
Acts 6:5and the word pleases in-sight of{every, the multitude}, and they-choose Stephen, [a] man full of{faith} and of{[the] Holy Spirit}, and Philip and Prochoros and Nicanor and Timon and Parmenas and Nicolas, Antioch toward-comer,
Acts 6:15and, fixate[ing] into same, all the being-seat-ized in to{the council} behold the face of{same} as-if [the] face of{[a] messenger}.
Romans 12:7if-of service in to{the service}, if-of the teaching[verb participle] in to{the teaching-ia},
Philippians 1:14and the many-more of{the brothers} in to{[the] Lord} having-had-confidence to{the bonds} of{me} more-excessively to-be-daring without-fear-ly to-be-speaking the word of{the God}.
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 →