1 Timothy 3:13
For they who serve well as deacons, procure for themselves a good degree, and much boldness in the faith of Jesus the Messiah.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
12Let the deacons be such as have each one wife and guide well their children and households.
14These things I write to thee, while hoping soon to come to thee;
Cross References
Matthew 20:28even as the Son of man came, not to be served, but to serve; and to give his life a ransom for many.
Luke 16:10He that is faithful in the little, is also faithful in the much; and he that is unjust in the little, is also unjust in the much.
Acts 6:5And this proposal was acceptable before all the people. And they elected Stephen, a man who was full of faith and of the Holy Spirit; and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas an Antiochian proselyte.
Acts 6:15And all they who were sitting in the council looked upon him, and they beheld his face, as the face of an angel.
Romans 12:7And there is that of ministration, possessed by one in his ministry. And there is that of a teacher, in his teaching.
Philippians 1:14And many of the brethren in our Lord have become confident, on account of my bonds, and are more bold to speak the word of God without fear.
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 →