1 Timothy 3:13
For they that have served well as deacons gain to themselves a good standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
12Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
14These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly;
Cross References
Matthew 20:28even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Luke 16:10He that is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much: and he that is unrighteous in a very little is unrighteous also 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 of Antioch:
Acts 6:15And all that sat in the council, fastening their eyes on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.
Romans 12:7or ministry, let us give ourselves to our ministry; or he that teacheth, to his teaching;
Philippians 1:14and that most of the brethren in the Lord, being confident through my bonds, are more abundantly bold to speak the word of God 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 →