1 Timothy 3:13
For, they who have ministered well, a good degree for themselves, are acquiring, and great freedom of speech in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
12Let, ministers, be husbands of, one wife, over children, presiding, well, and over their own houses;
14These things, unto thee, I am writing, hoping to come [unto thee] shortly,—
Cross References
Matthew 20:28Just as, the Son of Man, came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom instead of many.
Luke 16:10The faithful in least, in much also, is, faithful, and, he that in least is unrighteous, in much also, is, unrighteous.
Acts 6:5And the word was pleasing in the sight of all the throng; and they selected Stephen, a man full of faith and Holy Spirit, and Philip and Prochorus and Nicanor and Timon and Parmenas and Nicholaus, a proselyte of Antioch;
Acts 6:15And, looking steadfastly at him, all they who were sitting in the high-council, saw his face, as if the face of a messenger;
Romans 12:7Or ministering, [use it] in our ministering, or he that teacheth, [let him use his gift] in his teaching,
Philippians 1:14And [so that], the most of the brethren in the Lord, assured by my bonds, are becoming more abundantly bold to be fearlessly speaking the word of God:—
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 →