1 Timothy 3:13
For those who serve well in the office of deacon acquire for themselves a good standing, and great boldness in their faith in Christ Jesus.
Revised King James New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
12A deacon must be the husband of but one wife, ruling his children and his own house well.
14These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly:
Cross References
Matthew 20:28Even as the Son of man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Luke 16:10He who is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he who is dishonest in the least is also dishonest in much.
Acts 6:5And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte from Antioch.
Acts 6:15And all who sat in the council, looking steadfastly at him, saw that his face was like the face of an angel.
Romans 12:7If service, in our serving; or he who teaches, in his teaching;
Philippians 1:14And many of the brethren, growing confident in the Lord because of my imprisonment, are much more bold to speak the word 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 →