1 Timothy 3:9
but should hold the mystery of the faith with a pure conscience.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
In Context
10And let them be first tried, and then let them serve, if they are without blame.
Cross References
1 Timothy 1:19in faith and a good conscience; for they who have repudiated this, have become destitute of faith;
2 John 1:9Every one who transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of the Messiah, God is not in him. And he who abideth in his doctrine, he hath the Father and the Son.
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 →