1 Timothy 3:11
Women in like manner must be grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
In Context
10And let these also first be proved; then let them serve as deacons, if they be blameless.
12Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
Cross References
Leviticus 21:7They shall not take a woman that is a harlot, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.
Psalms 15:3He that slandereth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his friend, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
Psalms 101:5Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I destroy: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will I not suffer.
Proverbs 25:13As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him; for he refresheth the soul of his masters.
Ezekiel 44:22Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take virgins of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that is the widow of a priest.
Luke 1:5There was in the days of Herod, king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abijah: and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.
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 →