1 Timothy 3:11
Their wives in like manner must be grave women, not addicted to scandal, sober, faithful in all things.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
In Context
12Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ordering well their children and their own families.
Cross References
Luke 1:5There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abiah: and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elisabeth.
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 →