1 Timothy 3:9
holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
In Context
10And let these also first be proved; then let them serve as deacons, if they be blameless.
Cross References
1 Timothy 1:19holding faith and a good conscience; which some having thrust from them made shipwreck concerning the faith:
2 John 1:9Whosoever goeth onward and abideth not in the teaching of Christ, hath not God: he that abideth in the teaching, the same hath both the Father and the Son.
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 →