1 Timothy 3:11
In the same way, the women must be serious, not malicious gossips, but temperate, faithful in all things.
Revised King James New Testament
In The King James Version
Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
In Context
10Let these be tested first; then, if blameless, let them serve as deacons.
12A deacon must be the husband of but one wife, ruling his children and his own house well.
Cross References
Luke 1:5There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zechariah, of the division of Abija: and his wife was one of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
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 →