1 Timothy 3:13
For they who discharge the office of a deacon with propriety, acquire to themselves a respectable station in the church, and great boldness in the faith which is in Jesus Christ.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
12Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ordering well their children and their own families.
14These things I write to thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:
Cross References
Matthew 20:28Even as the Son of man came not to be waited upon, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Luke 16:10He that is faithful in the least thing, is faithful also in much: and he who is unjust in the least, is unjust also in much.
Acts 6:5And this saying was very agreeable to all the multitude: and they elected Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicholas a proselyte a man of Antioch:
Acts 6:15And fixing their eyes upon him, all who sat in the sanhedrim, beheld his face as the face of an angel.
Romans 12:7or if the deacon’s office, be active in the service; or he that teacheth, in teaching;
Philippians 1:14and very many of our brethren in the Lord, assuming confidence from my chains, are more abundantly bold, fearlessly to preach 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 →