1 Timothy 3:10
And let them be first tried, and then let them serve, if they are without blame.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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
9but should hold the mystery of the faith with a pure conscience.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 1:8who will confirm you unto the end, so that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Messiah.
1 Timothy 3:2And an elder ought to be such, that no blame can be found in him; and he should be the husband of one wife, with a vigilant mind, and sober and regular in his habits, and affectionate to strangers, and instructive;
1 Timothy 3:13For they who serve well as deacons, procure for themselves a good degree, and much boldness in the faith of Jesus the Messiah.
Titus 1:6him who is blameless, who is the husband of one wife, and hath believing children, who are no revellers, nor ungovernable in sensuality.
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 →