1 Timothy 3:10
(And let these also first be proved, then let them take the office of deacons, if they be found blameless.)
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
In Context
9holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
11And their wives likewise grave, not slanderers, sober, and faithful in all things.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 1:8who will also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ;
1 Timothy 3:2A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, sober, prudent, grave,
1 Timothy 3:13For they, that discharge the office of a deacon well, gain to themselves a good degree of honor, and much freedom in promoting the faith that is in Christ Jesus.
Titus 1:6to wit, if any one be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of debauchery, or unruly.
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 →