1 Timothy 3:11
So also should the wives be chaste and of vigilant minds; and they should be faithful in all things; and they should not be slanderers.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
In Context
10And let them be first tried, and then let them serve, if they are without blame.
12Let the deacons be such as have each one wife and guide well their children and households.
Cross References
Luke 1:5In the days of Herod the king of Judaea, there was a certain priest, whose name was Zachariah, of the ministration of the house of Abijah; and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was 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 →