1 Timothy 3:13
for those who did minister well a good step to themselves do acquire, and much boldness in faith that [is] in Christ Jesus.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
12Ministrants — let them be of one wife husbands; the children leading well, and their own houses,
14These things I write to thee, hoping to come unto thee soon,
Cross References
Matthew 20:28even as the Son of Man did not come to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.'
Luke 16:10'He who is faithful in the least, [is] also faithful in much; and he who in the least [is] unrighteous, is also unrighteous in much;
Acts 6:5And the thing was pleasing before all the multitude, and they did choose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch,
Acts 6:15and gazing at him, all those sitting in the sanhedrim saw his face as it were the face of a messenger.
Romans 12:7or ministration — 'In the ministration!' or he who is teaching — 'In the teaching!'
Philippians 1:14and the greater part of the brethren in the Lord, having confidence by my bonds, are more abundantly bold — fearlessly to speak the word.
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 →