1 Timothy 3:12

Assistant-Officers should be faithful husbands, and men who rule their children and their households well.

Twentieth Century New Testament

In The King James Version

Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

In Context

11It should be the same with the women. They should be serious, not gossips, sober, and trustworthy in all respects.

13Those who have filled that post with honour gain for themselves an honourable position, as well as great confidence through the faith that they place in Christ Jesus.

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Cross References

Philippians 1:1To all Christ’s People at Philippi, with the Presiding Officers and Assistants, from Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus.

1 Timothy 3:4he should be a man who rules his own household well, and whose children are kept under control and are well-behaved.

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 →

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