1 Timothy 3:13
For they that haue ministred well, get them selues a good degree, and great libertie in the faith, which is in Christ Iesus.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
14These things write I vnto thee, trusting to come very shortly vnto thee.
Cross References
Matthew 20:28Euen as the Sonne of man came not to be serued, but to serue, and to giue his life for the ransome of many.
Luke 16:10He that is faithfull in the least, hee is also faithful in much: and he that is vniust in the least, is vniust also in much.
Acts 6:5And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Steuen a man full of fayth and of the holy Ghost, and Philippe, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a Proselyte of Antiochia,
Acts 6:15And as all that sate in the Councill, looked stedfastly on him, they saw his face as it had bene the face of an Angel.
Romans 12:7Or an office, let vs waite on the office: or he that teacheth, on teaching:
Philippians 1:14In so much that many of the brethren in the Lord are boldened through my bandes, and dare more frankely speake the word.
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 →