1 Timothy 3:10
And let them also first be proven; then let them minister the office of deacon, being irreproachable.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
In Context
9having the testimony of faith in a pure conscience.
11Likewise let their wives be grave, not tattlers, modest, faithful in all things.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 1:8who will also establish you unblamable unto the end in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Timothy 3:2Therefore it behooves the bishop to be blameless, the husband of one wife, modest, prudent, orderly, hospitable, competent to teach,
1 Timothy 3:13For those having ministered the office of a deacon beautifully procure to themselves beautiful progress, and much boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Titus 1:6if any one is irreproachable, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not in accusation of riot or incorrigible.
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 →