1 Timothy 3:10
and let these also first be proved, then let them minister, being unblameable.
Young's Literal Translation
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
9having the secret of the faith in a pure conscience,
11Women — in like manner grave, not false accusers, vigilant, faithful in all things.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 1:8who also shall confirm you unto the end — unblamable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ;
1 Timothy 3:2it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,
1 Timothy 3:13for those who did minister well a good step to themselves do acquire, and much boldness in faith that [is] in Christ Jesus.
Titus 1:6if any one is blameless, of one wife a husband, having children stedfast, not under accusation of riotous living or insubordinate —
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 →